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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1917: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on August 15, 1917Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 August 1917403,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
403,542 km250,749 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 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.