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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1917: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

First Quarter at

14:37UTC

Moon phase on October 23, 1917First Quarter

Tuesday 23 October 1917373,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1917, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.9% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
373,628 km232,162 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 16, 191702:41
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 23, 191714:37
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 30, 191706:19

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.