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The Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on July 28, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 July 2001384,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 28, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.6% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
384,323 km238,807 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 27, 200110:08
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 4, 200105:56

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Saturday, July 28, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2001 to the new moon of August 19, 2001, a cycle of 29.30 days.