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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on July 21, 2011Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 July 2011404,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.1% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
404,220 km251,171 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 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.