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The Moon on Sunday, July 19, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on July 19, 2026Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 July 2026385,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 19, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.6% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
385,228 km239,369 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 09:44 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 14, 202609:44
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 21, 202611:06

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Sunday, July 19, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 2026 to the new moon of August 12, 2026, a cycle of 29.33 days.