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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 October 1937374,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
374,399 km232,641 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1937 is on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 at 21:48 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 4, 1937 at 11:58 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 12, 193715:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 19, 193721:48

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 1937 to the new moon of November 3, 1937, a cycle of 29.68 days.