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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on July 30, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 July 2009396,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.8% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
396,989 km246,678 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 28, 200922:00
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 6, 200900:55

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2009 to the new moon of August 20, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.