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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1906: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on July 17, 1906Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 July 1906404,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
404,628 km251,424 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1906 is on Friday, July 6, 1906 at 04:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 21, 1906 at 12:59 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 13, 190610:13
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 21, 190612:59

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 1906 to the new moon of July 21, 1906, a cycle of 29.58 days.