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The Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on July 16, 1991Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 July 1991377,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 16, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
377,644 km234,657 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at 19:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 11, 199119:06
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 18, 199115:11

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Tuesday, July 16, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.