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The Moon on Saturday, July 31, 2021: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Last Quarter at

13:16UTC

Moon phase on July 31, 2021Last Quarter

Saturday 31 July 2021402,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 31, 2021, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
402,334 km249,999 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 24, 202102:37
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 31, 202113:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 8, 202113:50

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Saturday, July 31, 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.