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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on July 16, 2072Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 July 2072361,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
361,453 km224,596 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2072 is on Saturday, July 30, 2072 at 00:17 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 15, 2072 at 17:56 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 15, 207217:56
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 22, 207209:02

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 2072 to the new moon of August 14, 2072, a cycle of 29.31 days.