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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 2014: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on July 23, 2014Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 July 2014399,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
399,382 km248,165 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 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.