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The Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on July 24, 2012Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 July 2012375,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.6% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
375,140 km233,101 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Tuesday, July 24, 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.