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The Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1917: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Last Quarter at

19:56UTC

Moon phase on August 9, 1917Last Quarter

Thursday 9 August 1917379,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 9, 1917, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.7% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
379,312 km235,694 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 3, 191705:11
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 9, 191719:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 17, 191718:21

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Thursday, August 9, 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.