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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on October 17, 1909Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 October 1909401,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
401,344 km249,384 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1909 is on Thursday, October 28, 1909 at 22:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 1909 at 08:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 14, 190908:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 22, 190907:03

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 1909 to the new moon of November 13, 1909, a cycle of 29.75 days.