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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2012: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on July 17, 2012Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 July 2012397,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
397,952 km247,276 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 11, 201201:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 19, 201204:24

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 2012 to the new moon of July 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.