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The Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on July 21, 2020Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 July 2020374,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
374,397 km232,639 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 20, 202017:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 27, 202012:33

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2020 to the new moon of August 19, 2020, a cycle of 29.38 days.