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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on July 27, 2017Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 July 2017383,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
383,553 km238,329 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 23, 201709:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 30, 201715:23

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 2017 to the new moon of August 21, 2017, a cycle of 29.36 days.