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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on October 17, 1916Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 October 1916402,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
402,275 km249,962 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1916 is on Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at 07:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 26, 1916 at 20:37 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 11, 191607:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 19, 191601:08

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 1916 to the new moon of October 26, 1916, a cycle of 29.54 days.