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The Moon on Monday, July 18, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 July 2016390,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 18, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
390,680 km242,757 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Monday, July 18, 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.