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The Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on May 8, 1917Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 May 1917377,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 8, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
377,941 km234,842 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 7, 191702:43
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 14, 191701:48

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Tuesday, May 8, 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.