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The Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1924: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on May 17, 1924Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 May 1924359,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 17, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
359,882 km223,620 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 3, 1924 at 23:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 12, 192402:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 18, 192421:52

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Saturday, May 17, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 1924 to the new moon of June 2, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.