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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on October 17, 1905Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 October 1905403,102 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
403,102 km250,476 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1905 is on Friday, October 13, 1905 at 11:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 28, 1905 at 06:58 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 13, 190511:03
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 21, 190512:51

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

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