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The Moon on Friday, July 17, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on July 17, 2015Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 July 2015397,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 17, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
397,572 km247,039 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 16, 201501:25
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 24, 201504:04

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Friday, July 17, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 2015 to the new moon of August 14, 2015, a cycle of 29.56 days.