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The Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2018: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on July 12, 2018Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 July 2018358,124 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
358,124 km222,528 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Thursday, July 12, 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.