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The Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2024: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on July 31, 2024Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 July 2024383,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
383,469 km238,277 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2024 is on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 11:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 28, 202402:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 4, 202411:13

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Wednesday, July 31, 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.