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The Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on July 24, 1917Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 July 1917403,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 24, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
403,538 km250,747 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1917 is on Friday, August 3, 1917 at 05:11 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 1917 at 03:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Tuesday, July 24, 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.