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The Moon on Friday, July 3, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on July 3, 2015Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 July 2015369,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 3, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
369,785 km229,774 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 2, 201502:20
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 8, 201520:24

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Friday, July 3, 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.