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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on August 17, 1915Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 August 1915371,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
371,278 km230,701 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1915 is on Tuesday, August 24, 1915 at 21:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 1915 at 22:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 10, 191522:52
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 18, 191502:17

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1915 to the new moon of September 9, 1915, a cycle of 29.50 days.