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The Moon on Monday, July 17, 2017: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on July 17, 2017Waning Crescent

Monday 17 July 2017372,322 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 17, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
372,322 km231,350 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 16, 201719:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 23, 201709:46

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Monday, July 17, 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.