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The Moon on Thursday, July 4, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on July 4, 2019Waxing Crescent

Thursday 4 July 2019364,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 4, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
364,061 km226,217 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2019 is on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 21:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 19:16 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 2, 201919:16
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 9, 201910:55

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Thursday, July 4, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 2, 2019 to the new moon of August 1, 2019, a cycle of 29.33 days.