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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1911: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Last Quarter at

12:11UTC

Moon phase on August 17, 1911Last Quarter

Thursday 17 August 1911372,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 1911, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
372,197 km231,272 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1911 is on Thursday, August 10, 1911 at 02:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 24, 1911 at 04:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 10, 191102:55
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 17, 191112:11
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 24, 191104:14

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1911 to the new moon of August 24, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.