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The Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1900: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 17, 1900Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 May 1900382,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 17, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.3% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
382,096 km237,423 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1900 is on Monday, May 14, 1900 at 15:37 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 28, 1900 at 14:50 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 14, 190015:37
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 21, 190020:31

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Thursday, May 17, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1900 to the new moon of May 28, 1900, a cycle of 29.39 days.