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The Moon on Saturday, April 29, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 2017Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 April 2017362,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 29, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
362,096 km224,996 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Saturday, April 29, 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.