Waxing · 22.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°
Moon age
4.0days
Moon phase on April 30, 2017Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, April 30, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,608 km227,178 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 30, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 | 12:16 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, May 3, 2017 | 02:47 |
The Moon around April 30
More about this date
Sunday, April 30, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2017, or the whole moon calendar 2017.
- The same date one year apart: 2016 · 2018.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.