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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 1909: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 17, 1909Waning Crescent

Monday 17 May 1909364,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
364,943 km226,765 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 12, 190921:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 19, 190913:42

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1909 to the new moon of May 19, 1909, a cycle of 29.37 days.