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The Moon on Wednesday, July 19, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on July 19, 2023Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 July 2023406,033 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
406,033 km252,297 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Wednesday, July 19, 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.