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The Moon on Monday, September 17, 1923: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

First Quarter at

12:04UTC

Moon phase on September 17, 1923First Quarter

Monday 17 September 1923374,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 17, 1923, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
374,000 km232,393 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1923 is on Tuesday, September 25, 1923 at 01:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 10, 1923 at 20:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 10, 192320:52
First Quarter (this day)Monday, September 17, 192312:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 25, 192301:16

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Monday, September 17, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 10, 1923 to the new moon of October 10, 1923, a cycle of 29.38 days.