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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on July 20, 2012Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 July 2012387,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
387,686 km240,897 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 19, 201204:24
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 26, 201208:56

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 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.