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The Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on September 17, 1912Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 September 1912394,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 17, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
394,380 km245,056 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1912 is on Thursday, September 26, 1912 at 11:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 11, 1912 at 03:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Tuesday, September 17, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 1912 to the new moon of October 10, 1912, a cycle of 29.41 days.