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The Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on July 21, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 July 2010388,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
388,929 km241,669 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 19:41 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 18, 201010:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 26, 201001:37

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2010 to the new moon of August 10, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.