Waxing · 73.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°
Moon age
9.3days
Moon phase on July 28, 2012Waxing Gibbous
On Saturday, July 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
367,625 km228,432 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 28, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, July 26, 2012 | 08:56 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, August 2, 2012 | 03:28 |
The Moon around July 28
More about this date
Saturday, July 28, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 2012 to the new moon of August 17, 2012, a cycle of 29.48 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 2012, or the whole moon calendar 2012.
- The same date one year apart: 2011 · 2013.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.