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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on July 18, 2023Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 July 2023405,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
405,069 km251,698 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 17, 202318:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 25, 202322:07

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2023 to the new moon of August 16, 2023, a cycle of 29.63 days.