Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, July 19, 2012: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

New Moon at

04:24UTC

Moon phase on July 19, 2012New Moon

Thursday 19 July 2012391,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 19, 2012, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
391,202 km243,081 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 11, 201201:48
New Moon (this day)Thursday, July 19, 201204:24
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 26, 201208:56

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Thursday, July 19, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 2012 to the new moon of August 17, 2012, a cycle of 29.48 days.