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The Moon on Friday, July 9, 2021: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on July 9, 2021Waning Crescent

Friday 9 July 2021399,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 9, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
399,101 km247,990 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Friday, July 9, 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.