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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 2014: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on July 21, 2014Waning Crescent

Monday 21 July 2014391,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.9% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
391,929 km243,533 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 19, 201402:08
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 26, 201422:42

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 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.