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The Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on July 5, 2012Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 July 2012372,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 5, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
372,502 km231,462 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 3, 201218:52
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 11, 201201:48

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Thursday, July 5, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 2012 to the new moon of July 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.