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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on July 31, 2025Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 July 2025402,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
402,968 km250,393 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2025 is on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 19:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 24, 202519:11
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 1, 202512:42

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 2025 to the new moon of August 23, 2025, a cycle of 29.46 days.