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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 2040: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 2040Waning Crescent

Friday 6 July 2040402,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
402,765 km250,266 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2040 is on Sunday, June 24, 2040 at 19:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 2040 at 09:15 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 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.