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The Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 24, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 October 1917370,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 24, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
370,129 km229,988 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 23, 191714:37
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 30, 191706:19

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Wednesday, October 24, 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.