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The Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on July 5, 2015Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 July 2015367,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 5, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
367,120 km228,117 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Sunday, July 5, 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.