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The Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on July 17, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 July 2008400,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 17, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
400,848 km249,075 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Thursday, July 17, 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.