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The Moon on Sunday, July 8, 2018: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on July 8, 2018Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 July 2018376,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 8, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
376,037 km233,658 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 6, 201807:51
New Moon (after)Friday, July 13, 201802:48

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Sunday, July 8, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 2018 to the new moon of July 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.29 days.