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The Moon on Monday, July 16, 1917: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 16, 1917Waning Crescent

Monday 16 July 1917395,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 16, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
395,317 km245,638 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1917 is on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 at 21:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Monday, July 16, 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.