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The Moon on Saturday, July 30, 2016: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 30, 2016Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 July 2016372,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 30, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
372,292 km231,332 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 26, 201623:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 2, 201620:45

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Saturday, July 30, 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.