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The Moon on Thursday, July 14, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on July 14, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 July 2016403,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 14, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.7% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
403,268 km250,579 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 12, 201600:52
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 19, 201622:57

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Thursday, July 14, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2016 to the new moon of August 2, 2016, a cycle of 29.41 days.