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The Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 31, 1984Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 July 1984363,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 31, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
363,048 km225,588 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 28, 1984 at 11:51 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 28, 198411:51
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 4, 198402:33

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Tuesday, July 31, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1984 to the new moon of August 26, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.