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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on July 23, 2016Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 July 2016373,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
373,794 km232,265 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.