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The Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 2040: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on July 4, 2040Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 July 2040396,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 4, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
396,675 km246,482 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2040 is on Sunday, June 24, 2040 at 19:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 2040 at 09:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 1, 204010:18
New Moon (after)Monday, July 9, 204009:15

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Wednesday, July 4, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 9, 2040 to the new moon of July 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.63 days.