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The Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on September 17, 1905Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 September 1905405,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 17, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
405,852 km252,185 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1905 is on Wednesday, September 13, 1905 at 18:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 28, 1905 at 21:59 UTC, 11 days later.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Sunday, September 17, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 1905 to the new moon of September 28, 1905, a cycle of 29.37 days.