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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on July 31, 2014Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 July 2014402,102 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
402,102 km249,855 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2014 is on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 18:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 26, 201422:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 4, 201400:50

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 26, 2014 to the new moon of August 25, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.