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The Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on July 1, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 July 2015376,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 1, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
376,581 km233,996 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 24, 201511:03
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 2, 201502:20

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 2015 to the new moon of July 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.47 days.