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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on July 12, 2024Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 July 2024404,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
404,334 km251,241 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2024 is on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 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.