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The Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1991: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 6, 1991Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 July 1991375,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 6, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
375,884 km233,564 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1991 is on Thursday, June 27, 1991 at 02:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at 19:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 5, 199102:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 11, 199119:06

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Saturday, July 6, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 1991 to the new moon of July 11, 1991, a cycle of 29.29 days.