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The Moon on Friday, May 4, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on May 4, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 May 1917393,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 4, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
393,786 km244,687 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 29, 191705:22
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 7, 191702:43

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Friday, May 4, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1917 to the new moon of May 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.45 days.