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The Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2015: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on July 9, 2015Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 July 2015372,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 9, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
372,212 km231,282 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 8, 201520:24
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 16, 201501:25

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Thursday, July 9, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 2015 to the new moon of July 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.47 days.