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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2001: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 2001Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 July 2001374,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
374,214 km232,526 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2001 is on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 15:04 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 13, 200118:45
New Moon (after)Friday, July 20, 200119:44

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 2001 to the new moon of July 20, 2001, a cycle of 29.32 days.