Moon Exactly

Daily lunar detail

July 2017 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a First Quarter and closes with a First Quarter. It contains 5 exact major phase events.

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat1First Quarter23456789Full Moon10111213141516Last Quarter17181920212223New Moon24252627282930First Quarter31

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

First QuarterJuly 1, 2017 at 12:51 AM UTC
Full MoonJuly 9, 2017 at 4:07 AM UTC
Last QuarterJuly 16, 2017 at 7:26 PM UTC
New MoonJuly 23, 2017 at 9:46 AM UTC
First QuarterJuly 30, 2017 at 3:23 PM UTC

The lunar story of July 2017

New Moon occurs July 23, 2017. Full Moon occurs July 9, 2017. The first major event is First Quarter on July 1, 2017, and the month progresses from 55% to 58% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.