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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1900: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 1900Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 October 1900399,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.0% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
399,900 km248,486 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1900 is on Monday, October 8, 1900 at 13:18 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 23, 1900 at 13:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 15, 190009:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 23, 190013:27

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1900 to the new moon of October 23, 1900, a cycle of 29.73 days.