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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2020: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on July 18, 2020Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 July 2020387,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
387,095 km240,530 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2020 is on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 04:44 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 12, 202023:29
New Moon (after)Monday, July 20, 202017:33

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 2020 to the new moon of July 20, 2020, a cycle of 29.45 days.