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The Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on July 15, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 July 2008404,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
404,618 km251,418 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Tuesday, July 15, 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.