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The Moon on Monday, July 23, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on July 23, 1917Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 July 1917405,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 23, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
405,292 km251,837 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Monday, July 23, 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.