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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on July 9, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 July 2011370,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
370,520 km230,231 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 8, 201106:29
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 15, 201106:40

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 30, 2011, a cycle of 29.41 days.