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The Moon on Saturday, July 8, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on July 8, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 July 2017403,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 8, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
403,863 km250,948 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Saturday, July 8, 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.