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The Moon on Sunday, July 19, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on July 19, 2015Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 July 2015402,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 19, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
402,806 km250,292 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Sunday, July 19, 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.