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The Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1917: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 1917Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 July 1917391,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 15, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
391,853 km243,486 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1917 is on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 at 21:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 11, 191712:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 19, 191703:00

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Sunday, July 15, 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.