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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 1907: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on May 17, 1907Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 May 1907404,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 1907, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
404,885 km251,584 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1907 is on Monday, May 27, 1907 at 14:18 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 1907 at 08:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 12, 190708:59
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 20, 190713:27

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 1907 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 1907 to the new moon of June 10, 1907, a cycle of 29.62 days.