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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2070: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

First Quarter at

17:32UTC

Moon phase on April 17, 2070First Quarter

Thursday 17 April 2070374,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 2070, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
374,948 km232,982 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2070 is on Friday, April 25, 2070 at 09:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 2070 at 02:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 11, 207002:30
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 17, 207017:32
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 25, 207009:31

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2070 to the new moon of May 10, 2070, a cycle of 29.36 days.