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The Moon on Friday, July 1, 2016: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on July 1, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 1 July 2016366,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 1, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
366,002 km227,423 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 27, 201618:19
New Moon (after)Monday, July 4, 201611:01

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Friday, July 1, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 2016 to the new moon of July 4, 2016, a cycle of 29.33 days.