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The Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1914: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on October 17, 1914Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 October 1914361,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 17, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
361,546 km224,654 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1914 is on Sunday, October 4, 1914 at 05:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 19, 1914 at 06:33 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 12, 191409:33
New Moon (after)Monday, October 19, 191406:33

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Saturday, October 17, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1914 to the new moon of October 19, 1914, a cycle of 29.38 days.