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The Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on July 17, 2011Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 July 2011394,104 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 17, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
394,104 km244,885 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 15, 201106:40
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 23, 201105:02

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Sunday, July 17, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 30, 2011, a cycle of 29.41 days.