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The Moon on Monday, July 30, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on July 30, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 July 2012367,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 30, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
367,946 km228,631 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 26, 201208:56
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 2, 201203:28

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Monday, July 30, 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.