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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 1911: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 1911Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 May 1911404,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
404,679 km251,456 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 28, 1911 at 06:24 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 13, 191106:10
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 21, 191109:23

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1911 to the new moon of May 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.