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The Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 2011: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on July 27, 2011Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 July 2011387,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 27, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
387,014 km240,479 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Wednesday, July 27, 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.