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The Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on July 12, 2040Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 July 2040404,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 12, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
404,031 km251,053 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2040 is on Tuesday, July 24, 2040 at 02:05 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 2040 at 09:15 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 9, 204009:15
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 17, 204009:16

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Thursday, July 12, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 2040 to the new moon of August 8, 2040, a cycle of 29.63 days.