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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on July 17, 1926Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 July 1926399,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.0% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
399,478 km248,224 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1926 is on Sunday, July 25, 1926 at 05:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 9, 1926 at 23:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 9, 192623:06
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 18, 192602:55

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1926 to the new moon of August 8, 1926, a cycle of 29.61 days.