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The Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on July 6, 2024Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 July 2024389,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 6, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
389,110 km241,782 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 5, 202422:57
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 13, 202422:49

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Saturday, July 6, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 2024 to the new moon of August 4, 2024, a cycle of 29.51 days.