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The Moon on Sunday, July 20, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on July 20, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 July 2008391,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 20, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
391,877 km243,501 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 18, 200807:59
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 25, 200818:42

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Sunday, July 20, 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.