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The Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 1917Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 September 1917371,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 5, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
371,709 km230,969 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 1917 at 10:27 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 1, 191712:28
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 8, 191707:05

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Wednesday, September 5, 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.