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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 2011: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on July 24, 2011Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 July 2011400,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
400,247 km248,702 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 23, 201105:02
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 201118:40

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 30, 2011, a cycle of 29.41 days.