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The Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on July 29, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 July 2015373,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 29, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
373,261 km231,933 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Wednesday, July 29, 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.