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The Moon on Sunday, July 12, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on July 12, 2009Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 July 2009398,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 12, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.0% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
398,406 km247,558 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 7, 200909:22
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 15, 200909:53

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Sunday, July 12, 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.