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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 1935: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 1935Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 May 1935387,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 1935, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
387,938 km241,053 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1935 is on Saturday, May 18, 1935 at 09:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 2, 1935 at 21:36 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 10, 193511:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 18, 193509:57

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 1935 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1935 to the new moon of June 1, 1935, a cycle of 29.43 days.