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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2059: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on April 17, 2059Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 April 2059390,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
390,354 km242,555 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2059 is on Sunday, April 27, 2059 at 19:17 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 12, 2059 at 09:29 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 12, 205909:29
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 19, 205916:38

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2059 to the new moon of May 11, 2059, a cycle of 29.41 days.