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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on July 21, 2050Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 July 2050404,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
404,864 km251,571 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2050 is on Wednesday, August 3, 2050 at 02:20 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 2050 at 21:17 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 18, 205021:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 27, 205001:05

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 2050 to the new moon of August 17, 2050, a cycle of 29.60 days.