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The Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1917: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on September 15, 1917Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 September 1917406,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 15, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
406,131 km252,358 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 1917 at 10:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Saturday, September 15, 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.