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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1915: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on October 17, 1915Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 October 1915379,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
379,137 km235,585 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1915 is on Saturday, October 23, 1915 at 00:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 8, 1915 at 21:42 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 15, 191513:51
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 23, 191500:15

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 8, 1915 to the new moon of November 7, 1915, a cycle of 29.42 days.