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The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 July 1991405,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,573 km252,011 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at 19:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.