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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on July 16, 2011Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 July 2011390,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
390,115 km242,406 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 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.