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The Moon on Monday, July 17, 1944: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on July 17, 1944Waning Crescent

Monday 17 July 1944388,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 17, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
388,327 km241,295 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 20, 1944 at 05:43 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 12, 194420:39
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 20, 194405:43

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Monday, July 17, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1944 to the new moon of July 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.53 days.