Waning · 32.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°
Moon age
24.0days
Moon phase on July 28, 2016Waning Crescent
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,934 km229,866 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 28, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 5 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Tuesday, July 26, 2016 | 23:00 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, August 2, 2016 | 20:45 |
The Moon around July 28
More about this date
Thursday, July 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.