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The Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on July 13, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 July 2011378,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
378,837 km235,398 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Wednesday, July 13, 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.