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The Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on July 16, 2056Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 July 2056378,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 16, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
378,195 km234,999 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2056 is on Wednesday, July 26, 2056 at 18:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 2056 at 20:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Sunday, July 16, 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.