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The Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1941: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on July 17, 1941Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 July 1941404,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 17, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.2% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
404,299 km251,220 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1941 is on Tuesday, July 8, 1941 at 20:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 1941 at 07:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 16, 194108:08
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 24, 194107:39

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Thursday, July 17, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1941 to the new moon of July 24, 1941, a cycle of 29.51 days.