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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1917Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 August 1917406,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
406,586 km252,641 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 17, 191718:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 25, 191719:08

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1917 to the new moon of September 16, 1917, a cycle of 29.67 days.