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The Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on July 21, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 July 2013358,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 21, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
358,503 km222,763 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2013 is on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 18:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 07:14 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Sunday, July 21, 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.