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The Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on July 4, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 July 2017404,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,602 km251,408 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 1, 201700:51
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 9, 201704:07

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Tuesday, July 4, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 2017 to the new moon of July 23, 2017, a cycle of 29.30 days.