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The Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 1917Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 October 1917391,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 18, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
391,845 km243,481 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Thursday, October 18, 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.