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The Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on May 17, 2007Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 May 2007362,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 17, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
362,463 km225,224 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2007 is on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 01:04 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 19:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 16, 200719:27
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 23, 200721:03

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Thursday, May 17, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2007 to the new moon of June 15, 2007, a cycle of 29.32 days.