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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on July 24, 2020Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 July 2020368,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
368,552 km229,007 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.