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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on April 17, 2040Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 April 2040403,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 31.0% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
403,950 km251,003 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 11, 204014:00
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 19, 204013:38

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2040 to the new moon of May 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.56 days.