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The Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 5, 2016Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 July 2016376,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 5, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
376,156 km233,732 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 4, 201611:01
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 12, 201600:52

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2016 to the new moon of August 2, 2016, a cycle of 29.41 days.