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The Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 24, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 July 2010399,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
399,044 km247,954 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 19:41 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Saturday, July 24, 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.