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The Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on October 31, 1917Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 31 October 1917372,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 31, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
372,292 km231,331 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1917 is on Tuesday, October 30, 1917 at 06:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 14, 1917 at 18:28 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 30, 191706:19
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 6, 191717:03

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Wednesday, October 31, 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.