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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1917: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1917Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 July 1917398,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
398,395 km247,551 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1917 is on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 at 21:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 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.