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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1901: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 17, 1901Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 February 1901372,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
372,100 km231,212 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1901 is on Sunday, February 3, 1901 at 15:30 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1901 at 02:45 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 11, 190118:12
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 19, 190102:45

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1901 to the new moon of February 19, 1901, a cycle of 29.51 days.