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Moon phase for 17 July 2011 Sunday

Moon phase for 17 July 2011 Sunday

Moon phase, position of the lunar cycle, dates of full moon and new moon.

UTC

17 July 2011 Sunday
Time: 12:00
JD 2455760

Universal Coordinated Time
Casablanca, Monrovia

Lunar phase on 17 July 2011 Sunday is Waning Gibbous.
The current moon phase is from 2011-07-15 07:39 to 2011-07-23 06:03.
The moon is in zodiac sign Aquarius The moon is in zodiac sign Aquarius.

The moon is Waning Gibbous on 17 July 2011 Sunday

Moon phases from
the current moon cycle:

New Moon New Moon
on 2011-07-01 09:53
before 16.1 days

First Quarter First Quarter
on 2011-07-08 07:29
before 9.2 days

Full Moon Full Moon
on 2011-07-15 07:39
before 2.2 days

Last Quarter Last Quarter
on 2011-07-23 06:04
after 5.7 days

New Moon New Moon (next)
on 2011-07-30 19:39
after 13.3 days

The moon is growing smaller (old moon)
Fraction of the moon: 0.57406478072162
Illumination of the moon disk: 95 %

Moon angular diameter: 0.5 °
Sun angular diameter: 0.52 °

Moon distance:
396667.12 km

Sun distance:
152043273.02 km

Moon phases for the days after 17 July 2011

2011 July
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For calculation of the lunar phase and the course of the moon through the zodiac is taken the moon fraction at 12 o'clock noon on the given date.

When crossing the zodiac from one zodiac sign to another, often for a short time Moon is Void of course moon. This phenomenon is not marked in the table above.

From New moon to Full moon the Moon is growing bigger (young moon), and after Full moon it is growing small (old moon).

The time the Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth (sidereal period) is 27.321661 days. The time between two consecutive New moon phases is 29.53058867 days.

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