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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on July 18, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 July 2013367,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.4% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
367,382 km228,281 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2013 is on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 18:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 07:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 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.