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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1917: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 1917Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 March 1917371,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.2% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
371,055 km230,563 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 16, 191712:33
New Moon (after)Friday, March 23, 191704:05

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1917 to the new moon of March 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.41 days.