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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 18, 2015Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 July 2015400,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
400,486 km248,850 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 16, 201501:25
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 24, 201504:04

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 2015 to the new moon of August 14, 2015, a cycle of 29.56 days.