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The Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on July 9, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 July 2014370,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
370,749 km230,372 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 08:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 5, 201411:59
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 12, 201411:25

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 2014 to the new moon of July 26, 2014, a cycle of 29.61 days.