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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 July 2010396,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
396,076 km246,110 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 19:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 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.