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The Moon on Thursday, July 22, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on July 22, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 July 2010392,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 22, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
392,697 km244,011 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 19:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Thursday, July 22, 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.