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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1917: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 15, 1917Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 May 1917370,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
370,536 km230,241 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 14, 191701:48
New Moon (after)Monday, May 21, 191700:47

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 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.