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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 August 1917364,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
364,205 km226,306 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.