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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1914: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on May 17, 1914Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 May 1914398,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
398,293 km247,488 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 16, 191422:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 25, 191402:35

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1914 to the new moon of May 25, 1914, a cycle of 29.63 days.