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The Moon on Friday, July 11, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on July 11, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 July 2008401,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 11, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
401,526 km249,497 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 10, 200804:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 18, 200807:59

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Friday, July 11, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 2008 to the new moon of August 1, 2008, a cycle of 29.33 days.