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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on August 17, 1909Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 August 1909403,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
403,191 km250,531 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1909 is on Tuesday, August 31, 1909 at 05:08 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 15, 1909 at 23:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 15, 190923:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 24, 190903:55

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1909 to the new moon of September 14, 1909, a cycle of 29.63 days.