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The Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 1917: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 1917Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 September 1917404,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 12, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
404,592 km251,402 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 8, 191707:05
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 16, 191710:27

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Wednesday, September 12, 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.