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The Moon on Monday, December 31, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on December 31, 1917Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 December 1917400,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 31, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
400,018 km248,560 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 191709:51
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 5, 191811:49

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Monday, December 31, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 1917 to the new moon of January 12, 1918, a cycle of 29.55 days.