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The Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on July 15, 2056Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 July 2056381,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 15, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
381,242 km236,893 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2056 is on Wednesday, July 26, 2056 at 18:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 2056 at 20:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 12, 205620:20
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 19, 205623:45

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Saturday, July 15, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 12, 2056 to the new moon of August 11, 2056, a cycle of 29.48 days.