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The Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 31, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 July 2012369,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
369,625 km229,674 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Tuesday, July 31, 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.