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The Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on July 21, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 July 1999403,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 21, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
403,129 km250,493 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 at 02:24 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 20, 199909:00
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 28, 199911:25

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Wednesday, July 21, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1999 to the new moon of August 11, 1999, a cycle of 29.36 days.