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The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on July 17, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 July 1918400,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
400,818 km249,057 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1918 is on Tuesday, July 23, 1918 at 20:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 1918 at 08:22 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 16, 191806:25
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 23, 191820:34

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1918 to the new moon of August 6, 1918, a cycle of 29.51 days.