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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 2016: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 31, 2016Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 July 2016374,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
374,481 km232,692 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 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.