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The Moon on Saturday, July 14, 2012: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on July 14, 2012Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 July 2012404,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 14, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.8% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
404,408 km251,288 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 11, 201201:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 19, 201204:24

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Saturday, July 14, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 2012 to the new moon of July 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.