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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on July 9, 2016Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 July 2016395,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
395,801 km245,939 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.