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The Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on July 17, 2025Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 July 2025371,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
371,221 km230,666 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2025 is on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 20:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 19:11 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 10, 202520:37
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 18, 202500:38

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Thursday, July 17, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 2025 to the new moon of July 24, 2025, a cycle of 29.36 days.