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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on October 17, 2007Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 October 2007398,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
398,881 km247,853 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2007 is on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 04:52 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 05:01 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 11, 200705:01
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 19, 200708:33

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2007 to the new moon of November 9, 2007, a cycle of 29.75 days.