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The Moon on Friday, August 24, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 1917Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 August 1917392,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 24, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
392,427 km243,843 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Friday, August 24, 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.