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The Moon on Monday, July 27, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 July 2015384,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 27, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
384,483 km238,906 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 24, 201504:04
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 31, 201510:43

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Monday, July 27, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 2015 to the new moon of August 14, 2015, a cycle of 29.56 days.