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The Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on May 6, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 May 1917385,430 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 6, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
385,430 km239,495 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Sunday, May 6, 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.