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The Moon on Friday, July 9, 2010: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 9, 2010Waning Crescent

Friday 9 July 2010373,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 9, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
373,069 km231,814 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2010 is on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 19:41 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 4, 201014:35
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 11, 201019:41

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Friday, July 9, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 2010 to the new moon of July 11, 2010, a cycle of 29.35 days.