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The Moon on Monday, July 9, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on July 9, 2012Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 July 2012394,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 9, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
394,290 km245,001 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Monday, July 9, 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.