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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on July 24, 2016Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 July 2016371,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
371,950 km231,119 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 20:45 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 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.