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The Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2013: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on July 31, 2013Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 July 2013401,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
401,568 km249,523 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2013 is on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 18:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 29, 201317:44
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 6, 201321:51

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 2013 to the new moon of August 6, 2013, a cycle of 29.61 days.