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The Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on February 17, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 February 1921368,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 17, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
368,786 km229,153 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1921 is on Tuesday, February 22, 1921 at 09:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 1921 at 00:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 15, 192118:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 22, 192109:32

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Thursday, February 17, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1921 to the new moon of March 9, 1921, a cycle of 29.73 days.