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The Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on August 1, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 August 1917363,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 1, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
363,171 km225,664 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 27, 191706:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 3, 191705:11

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Wednesday, August 1, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1917 to the new moon of August 17, 1917, a cycle of 29.64 days.