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The Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on July 21, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 July 1991402,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 21, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
402,091 km249,848 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at 19:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 18, 199115:11
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 26, 199118:25

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Sunday, July 21, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.