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The Moon on Monday, July 18, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 July 2005367,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 18, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
367,016 km228,053 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 14, 200515:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 21, 200511:00

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Monday, July 18, 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.