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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on May 17, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 May 1943380,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
380,230 km236,264 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 12, 194309:53
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 19, 194321:13

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.