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The Moon on Friday, October 17, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 1924Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 October 1924404,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 17, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
404,558 km251,381 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1924 is on Sunday, October 12, 1924 at 20:21 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 1924 at 06:57 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 12, 192420:21
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 20, 192422:54

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Friday, October 17, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1924 to the new moon of October 28, 1924, a cycle of 29.45 days.