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The Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1908: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Last Quarter at

03:35UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 1908Last Quarter

Saturday 17 October 1908401,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 17, 1908, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
401,063 km249,209 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1908 is on Friday, October 9, 1908 at 21:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1908 at 06:46 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 9, 190821:03
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 17, 190803:35
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 25, 190806:46

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Saturday, October 17, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1908 to the new moon of October 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.66 days.