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The Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2040: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on July 31, 2040Waning Crescent

Tuesday 31 July 2040392,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 31, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
392,680 km244,000 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2040 is on Tuesday, July 24, 2040 at 02:05 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 8, 2040 at 00:26 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 30, 204021:06
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 8, 204000:26

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Tuesday, July 31, 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.