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The Moon on Sunday, July 4, 2021: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 4, 2021Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 July 2021404,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 4, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
404,656 km251,441 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Sunday, July 4, 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.