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The Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2019: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on July 31, 2019Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 July 2019362,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 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
362,241 km225,086 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2019 is on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 21:38 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 25, 201901:18
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 1, 201903:12

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Wednesday, July 31, 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.