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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on February 17, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 February 1905369,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
369,499 km229,596 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1905 is on Sunday, February 19, 1905 at 18:52 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 4, 1905 at 11:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 12, 190516:20
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 19, 190518:52

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1905 to the new moon of March 6, 1905, a cycle of 29.76 days.