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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1954Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 July 1954379,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
379,900 km236,059 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 16, 195400:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 23, 195400:14

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1954 to the new moon of July 29, 1954, a cycle of 29.41 days.