Waxing · 28.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°
Moon age
4.7days
Moon phase on July 16, 2010Waxing Crescent
On Friday, July 16, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,447 km228,321 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 16, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 19:41 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, July 11, 2010 | 19:41 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, July 18, 2010 | 10:11 |
The Moon around July 16
More about this date
Friday, July 16, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2010 to the new moon of August 10, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.