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The Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on July 2, 2014Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 July 2014404,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
404,481 km251,333 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 08:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 27, 201408:09
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 5, 201411:59

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 2014 to the new moon of July 26, 2014, a cycle of 29.61 days.