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The Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on July 15, 2040Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 July 2040394,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 15, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
394,348 km245,036 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2040 is on Tuesday, July 24, 2040 at 02:05 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 2040 at 09:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Sunday, July 15, 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.