Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°
Moon age
3.7days
Moon phase on August 21, 1917Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, August 21, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
403,279 km250,586 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, August 17, 1917 | 18:21 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 25, 1917 | 19:08 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Tuesday, August 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1917, or the whole moon calendar 1917.
- The same date one year apart: 1916 · 1918.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.