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The Moon on Monday, July 5, 2021: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 5, 2021Waning Crescent

Monday 5 July 2021405,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 5, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
405,320 km251,854 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Monday, July 5, 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.