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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on July 17, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 July 1951358,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
358,417 km222,710 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 12, 195104:56
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 18, 195119:17

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1951 to the new moon of August 2, 1951, a cycle of 29.62 days.