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The Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 21, 1917Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 July 1917405,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 21, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
405,844 km252,180 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 19, 191703:00
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 27, 191706:40

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Saturday, July 21, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1917 to the new moon of August 17, 1917, a cycle of 29.64 days.