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The Moon on Friday, July 2, 2021: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on July 2, 2021Waning Crescent

Friday 2 July 2021399,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 2, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
399,863 km248,464 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 1, 202121:11
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 10, 202101:17

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Friday, July 2, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 2021 to the new moon of July 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.60 days.