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The Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 August 1917369,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 28, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
369,450 km229,565 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 25, 191719:08
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 1, 191712:28

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Tuesday, August 28, 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.