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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on July 30, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 July 2015368,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
368,536 km228,998 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 01:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 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.