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The Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1917: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

New Moon at

18:09UTC

Moon phase on February 21, 1917New Moon

Wednesday 21 February 1917357,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 21, 1917, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
357,958 km222,424 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 21, 1917 at 18:09 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 15, 191701:53
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, February 21, 191718:09
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 28, 191716:44

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Wednesday, February 21, 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.