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The Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 2024: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 2024Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 July 2024378,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
378,519 km235,201 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 28, 202421:53
New Moon (after)Friday, July 5, 202422:57

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2024 to the new moon of July 5, 2024, a cycle of 29.43 days.