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The Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1909: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on February 17, 1909Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 February 1909368,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 17, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
368,101 km228,727 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1909 is on Friday, February 5, 1909 at 08:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 20, 1909 at 10:52 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 13, 190912:47
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 20, 190910:52

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Wednesday, February 17, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1909 to the new moon of February 20, 1909, a cycle of 29.44 days.