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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2072: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on April 17, 2072Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 April 2072395,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
395,503 km245,754 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 10, 207208:53
New Moon (after)Monday, April 18, 207211:57

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2072 to the new moon of April 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.65 days.