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The Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1917: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on May 16, 1917Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 May 1917371,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 16, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
371,683 km230,953 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Wednesday, May 16, 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.