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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on May 24, 1917Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 May 1917397,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
397,826 km247,198 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1917 is on Tuesday, June 5, 1917 at 13:06 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 21, 191700:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 28, 191723:33

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1917 to the new moon of June 19, 1917, a cycle of 29.51 days.