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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 1944: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 1944Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 May 1944368,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
368,354 km228,884 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 15, 194411:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 22, 194406:13

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1944 to the new moon of May 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.