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The Moon on Monday, July 6, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 July 2009405,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 6, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
405,566 km252,007 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Monday, July 6, 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.