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The Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1917: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 1917Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 January 1917383,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 17, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
383,393 km238,229 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1917 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 16, 191711:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 23, 191707:40

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Wednesday, January 17, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1916 to the new moon of January 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.46 days.