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The Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on October 28, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 October 1917363,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 28, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
363,705 km225,996 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 1917 at 02:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Sunday, October 28, 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.