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The Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 7, 2016Waxing Crescent

Thursday 7 July 2016386,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 7, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
386,127 km239,928 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Thursday, July 7, 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.