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The Moon on Monday, July 12, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 12, 2021Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 July 2021389,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 12, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
389,568 km242,066 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 10, 202101:17
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 17, 202110:11

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Monday, July 12, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 2021 to the new moon of August 8, 2021, a cycle of 29.52 days.