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The Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1917: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on February 17, 1917Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 February 1917368,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 17, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
368,214 km228,798 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 21, 1917 at 18:09 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 15, 191701:53
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 21, 191718:09

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Saturday, February 17, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1917 to the new moon of February 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.44 days.