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The Moon on Friday, July 31, 2015: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Full Moon at

10:43UTC

Moon phase on July 31, 2015Full Moon

Friday 31 July 2015364,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 31, 2015, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
364,948 km226,768 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 365,105 km from Earth. SupermoonBlue Moon (monthly)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2015 is on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:43 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 14:54 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 24, 201504:04
Full Moon (this day)Friday, July 31, 201510:43
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 7, 201502:03

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Friday, July 31, 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.