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The Moon on Sunday, July 10, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on July 10, 2016Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 July 2016399,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 10, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
399,611 km248,307 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Sunday, July 10, 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.