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The Moon on Friday, October 19, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on October 19, 1917Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 October 1917388,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 19, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
388,420 km241,353 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Friday, October 19, 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.