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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 15, 1999Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 July 1999374,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
374,843 km232,916 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 at 02:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 13, 199902:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 20, 199909:00

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1999 to the new moon of August 11, 1999, a cycle of 29.36 days.