Waxing · 69.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°
Moon age
10.0days
Moon phase on July 16, 2005Waxing Gibbous
On Saturday, July 16, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
69.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
378,973 km235,483 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 16, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, July 14, 2005 | 15:20 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, July 21, 2005 | 11:00 |
The Moon around July 16
More about this date
Saturday, July 16, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 2005 to the new moon of August 5, 2005, a cycle of 29.63 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 2005, or the whole moon calendar 2005.
- The same date one year apart: 2004 · 2006.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.