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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 2028Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 July 2028369,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
369,786 km229,774 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2028 is on Saturday, August 5, 2028 at 08:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 22, 2028 at 03:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 22, 202803:02
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 28, 202817:40

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2028 to the new moon of August 20, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.