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The Moon on Monday, October 8, 1917: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on October 8, 1917Waning Crescent

Monday 8 October 1917398,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 8, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
398,773 km247,786 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1917 is on Sunday, September 30, 1917 at 20:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 7, 191722:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 16, 191702:41

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Monday, October 8, 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.