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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 2024: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

New Moon at

22:57UTC

Moon phase on July 5, 2024New Moon

Friday 5 July 2024385,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 2024, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
385,290 km239,408 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 28, 202421:53
New Moon (this day)Friday, July 5, 202422:57
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 13, 202422:49

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 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.