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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on October 17, 1917Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 October 1917395,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
395,083 km245,493 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 16, 191702:41
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 23, 191714:37

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 1917 to the new moon of November 14, 1917, a cycle of 29.66 days.