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The Moon on Friday, April 17, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 2048Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 April 2048405,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 17, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,503 km251,968 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2048 is on Tuesday, April 28, 2048 at 11:13 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 2048 at 05:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 13, 204805:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 21, 204810:02

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Friday, April 17, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 2048 to the new moon of May 12, 2048, a cycle of 29.65 days.