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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on July 17, 2018Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 July 2018371,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
371,513 km230,847 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 13, 201802:48
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 19, 201819:52

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 2018 to the new moon of August 11, 2018, a cycle of 29.30 days.