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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on July 21, 2072Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 July 2072372,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
372,091 km231,206 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2072 is on Saturday, July 30, 2072 at 00:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 15, 2072 at 17:56 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 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.