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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2005: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Full Moon at

11:00UTC

Moon phase on July 21, 2005Full Moon

Thursday 21 July 2005357,254 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 2005, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
357,254 km221,987 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 357,281 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 14, 200515:20
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, July 21, 200511:00
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 28, 200503:19

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 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.