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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on October 5, 1917Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 October 1917382,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
382,882 km237,912 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1917 is on Sunday, September 30, 1917 at 20:31 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 30, 191720:31
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 7, 191722:14

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 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.