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The Moon on Friday, October 17, 1919: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on October 17, 1919Waning Crescent

Friday 17 October 1919381,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 17, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
381,669 km237,158 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1919 is on Thursday, October 9, 1919 at 13:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 1919 at 20:39 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 16, 191905:05
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 23, 191920:39

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Friday, October 17, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 1919 to the new moon of October 23, 1919, a cycle of 29.67 days.