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The Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2014: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on July 24, 2014Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 July 2014402,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 24, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
402,115 km249,863 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Thursday, July 24, 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.