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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on July 12, 2017Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 July 2017393,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
393,247 km244,353 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 9, 201704:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 16, 201719:26

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 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.