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The Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on July 17, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 July 1921401,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 17, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
401,177 km249,280 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1921 is on Wednesday, July 20, 1921 at 00:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 5, 1921 at 13:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 12, 192104:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 20, 192100:07

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Sunday, July 17, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1921 to the new moon of August 3, 1921, a cycle of 29.28 days.