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The Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on September 20, 1917Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 September 1917395,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 20, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
395,447 km245,720 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1917 is on Sunday, September 30, 1917 at 20:31 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 1917 at 10:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 16, 191710:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 24, 191705:41

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Thursday, September 20, 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.