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The Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2017: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Last Quarter at

19:26UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 2017Last Quarter

Sunday 16 July 2017376,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 16, 2017, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
376,741 km234,096 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 9, 201704:07
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 16, 201719:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 23, 201709:46

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Sunday, July 16, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 2017 to the new moon of July 23, 2017, a cycle of 29.30 days.