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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 2017Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 April 2017359,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
359,906 km223,635 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 26, 201712:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 3, 201702:47

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.