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The Moon on Friday, July 17, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1931Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 July 1931366,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 17, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
366,148 km227,513 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1931 is on Wednesday, July 29, 1931 at 12:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 15, 1931 at 12:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 15, 193112:20
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 22, 193105:16

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Friday, July 17, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1931 to the new moon of August 13, 1931, a cycle of 29.34 days.