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The Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 5, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 July 2009404,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 5, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
404,302 km251,222 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Sunday, July 5, 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.