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The Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2013: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on July 6, 2013Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 July 2013406,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 6, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
406,381 km252,513 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2013 is on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 07:14 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 30, 201304:54
New Moon (after)Monday, July 8, 201307:14

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Saturday, July 6, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 8, 2013 to the new moon of July 8, 2013, a cycle of 29.64 days.