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The Moon on Monday, July 17, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on July 17, 1972Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 July 1972400,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 17, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
400,934 km249,129 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 10, 197219:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 18, 197207:46

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Monday, July 17, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 1972 to the new moon of August 9, 1972, a cycle of 29.41 days.