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The Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1917: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on June 17, 1917Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 June 1917387,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 17, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
387,505 km240,784 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1917 is on Tuesday, June 5, 1917 at 13:06 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 1917 at 13:02 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 12, 191706:38
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 19, 191713:02

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Sunday, June 17, 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.