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The Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on February 17, 1915Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 February 1915396,462 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 17, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
396,462 km246,350 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1915 is on Monday, March 1, 1915 at 18:32 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 1915 at 04:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 14, 191504:31
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 22, 191502:58

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Wednesday, February 17, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1915 to the new moon of March 15, 1915, a cycle of 29.63 days.