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The Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2007: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on July 12, 2007Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 July 2007371,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 12, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
371,328 km230,733 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2007 is on Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 13:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 12:04 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 7, 200716:54
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 14, 200712:04

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Thursday, July 12, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 15, 2007 to the new moon of July 14, 2007, a cycle of 29.37 days.