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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1917: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on August 14, 1917Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 August 1917401,181 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
401,181 km249,282 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 9, 191719:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 17, 191718:21

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 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.