Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on July 17, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 July 2013372,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
372,427 km231,415 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2013 is on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 18:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 07:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 16, 201303:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 22, 201318:16

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 2013 to the new moon of August 6, 2013, a cycle of 29.61 days.