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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on July 23, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 July 1999404,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,876 km251,578 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 at 02:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 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.