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The Moon on Monday, July 23, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 23, 2012Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 July 2012377,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 23, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
377,947 km234,846 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Monday, July 23, 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.