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The Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on July 5, 1917Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 July 1917362,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 5, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
362,346 km225,151 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1917 is on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 at 21:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 4, 191721:40
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 11, 191712:12

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Thursday, July 5, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 1917 to the new moon of July 19, 1917, a cycle of 29.58 days.