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The Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1994: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on July 6, 1994Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 July 1994399,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 6, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
399,191 km248,046 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1994 is on Thursday, June 23, 1994 at 11:33 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 8, 1994 at 21:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 30, 199419:31
New Moon (after)Friday, July 8, 199421:37

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Wednesday, July 6, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 9, 1994 to the new moon of July 8, 1994, a cycle of 29.55 days.