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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on July 17, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 July 1937404,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.7% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
404,366 km251,261 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1937 is on Friday, July 23, 1937 at 12:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 8, 1937 at 04:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 15, 193709:37
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 23, 193712:46

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1937 to the new moon of August 6, 1937, a cycle of 29.35 days.