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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2017: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on July 18, 2017Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 July 2017368,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
368,225 km228,804 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 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.