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The Moon on Friday, December 7, 1917: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on December 7, 1917Waning Crescent

Friday 7 December 1917403,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 7, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
403,841 km250,935 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1917 is on Wednesday, November 28, 1917 at 18:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 1917 at 09:17 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 6, 191714:14
New Moon (after)Friday, December 14, 191709:17

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Friday, December 7, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 14, 1917 to the new moon of December 14, 1917, a cycle of 29.62 days.