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The Moon on Friday, July 18, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on July 18, 2014Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 July 2014376,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
376,712 km234,078 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 22:42 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 12, 201411:25
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 19, 201402:08

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Friday, July 18, 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.