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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on July 17, 1999Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 July 1999386,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
386,323 km240,050 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 at 02:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 13, 199902:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 20, 199909:00

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1999 to the new moon of August 11, 1999, a cycle of 29.36 days.