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The Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 1917Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 August 1917406,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 19, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
406,244 km252,428 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Sunday, August 19, 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.