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The Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on July 20, 2072Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 July 2072367,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 20, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
367,897 km228,600 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2072 is on Saturday, July 30, 2072 at 00:17 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 15, 2072 at 17:56 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Wednesday, July 20, 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.