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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1971: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on July 17, 1971Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 July 1971375,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
375,153 km233,109 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 15, 197105:47
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 22, 197109:15

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 1971 to the new moon of July 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.47 days.