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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1917: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

New Moon at

10:27UTC

Moon phase on September 16, 1917New Moon

Sunday 16 September 1917405,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 1917, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
405,185 km251,771 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1917 is on Sunday, September 30, 1917 at 20:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 1917 at 10:27 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 8, 191707:05
New Moon (this day)Sunday, September 16, 191710:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 24, 191705:41

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 1917 to the new moon of October 16, 1917, a cycle of 29.68 days.