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The Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on August 8, 1917Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 August 1917373,707 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 8, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
373,707 km232,210 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 3, 191705:11
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 9, 191719:56

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Wednesday, August 8, 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.