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The Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 1901Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 August 1901397,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 17, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
397,905 km247,246 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1901 is on Thursday, August 29, 1901 at 20:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 14, 190108:27
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 22, 190107:52

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Saturday, August 17, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 1901 to the new moon of September 12, 1901, a cycle of 29.54 days.