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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 2025Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 April 2025401,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.8% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
401,560 km249,518 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2025 is on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 00:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 19:31 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 13, 202500:22
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 21, 202501:36

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 2025 to the new moon of April 27, 2025, a cycle of 29.36 days.