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The Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1908: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Last Quarter at

10:33UTC

Moon phase on September 17, 1908Last Quarter

Thursday 17 September 1908393,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 17, 1908, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
393,315 km244,394 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1908 is on Thursday, September 10, 1908 at 12:23 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 25, 1908 at 14:59 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 10, 190812:23
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 17, 190810:33
New Moon (after)Friday, September 25, 190814:59

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Thursday, September 17, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1908 to the new moon of September 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.67 days.