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The Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1904: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 17, 1904Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 July 1904365,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 17, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
365,830 km227,316 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1904 is on Wednesday, July 27, 1904 at 09:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 13, 1904 at 05:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 13, 190405:27
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 19, 190420:48

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Sunday, July 17, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1904 to the new moon of August 11, 1904, a cycle of 29.31 days.