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The Moon on Friday, August 31, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 August 1917357,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 31, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
357,583 km222,192 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Friday, August 31, 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.