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The Moon on Monday, August 17, 1914: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 1914Waning Crescent

Monday 17 August 1914389,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 17, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
389,329 km241,917 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1914 is on Thursday, August 6, 1914 at 00:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 21, 1914 at 12:26 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 14, 191400:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 21, 191412:26

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Monday, August 17, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1914 to the new moon of August 21, 1914, a cycle of 29.41 days.