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The Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1947: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on July 17, 1947Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 July 1947357,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 17, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
357,510 km222,146 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1947 is on Thursday, July 3, 1947 at 10:39 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 18, 1947 at 04:15 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 11, 194710:54
New Moon (after)Friday, July 18, 194704:15

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Thursday, July 17, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 1947 to the new moon of July 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.28 days.