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The Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 2016Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 July 2016382,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
382,737 km237,822 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 19, 201622:57
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 26, 201623:00

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Wednesday, July 20, 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.