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The Moon on Friday, July 15, 2011: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Full Moon at

06:40UTC

Moon phase on July 15, 2011Full Moon

Friday 15 July 2011386,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 15, 2011, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
386,089 km239,904 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 385,215 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 8, 201106:29
Full Moon (this day)Friday, July 15, 201106:40
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 23, 201105:02

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Friday, July 15, 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.