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The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on July 17, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 July 2024388,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
388,989 km241,707 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2024 is on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:17 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 13, 202422:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 21, 202410:17

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 2024 to the new moon of August 4, 2024, a cycle of 29.51 days.