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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 1916Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 August 1916378,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
378,815 km235,385 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1916 is on Sunday, August 13, 1916 at 12:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 13, 191612:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 20, 191612:53

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 1916 to the new moon of August 28, 1916, a cycle of 29.63 days.