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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on September 17, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 September 1937386,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
386,968 km240,451 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1937 is on Monday, September 20, 1937 at 11:33 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 4, 1937 at 22:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 12, 193720:57
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 20, 193711:33

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 4, 1937 to the new moon of October 4, 1937, a cycle of 29.54 days.