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The Moon on Friday, July 4, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on July 4, 2014Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 July 2014398,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 4, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
398,773 km247,786 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 08:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Friday, July 4, 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.