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The Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on July 31, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 July 2001396,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 31, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
396,941 km246,648 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Tuesday, July 31, 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.