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The Moon on Friday, July 3, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on July 3, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 July 2009399,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 3, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
399,694 km248,358 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 29, 200911:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 7, 200909:22

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Friday, July 3, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 2009 to the new moon of July 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.29 days.