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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on July 31, 2011Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 July 2011369,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
369,113 km229,356 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 30, 201118:40
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 6, 201111:08

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 2011 to the new moon of August 29, 2011, a cycle of 29.35 days.