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The Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on July 9, 2024Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 July 2024399,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
399,880 km248,474 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2024 is on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Tuesday, July 9, 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.