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The Moon on Monday, July 31, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on July 31, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 July 2017402,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 31, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.4% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
402,065 km249,831 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 09:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 30, 201715:23
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 7, 201718:11

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Monday, July 31, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 2017 to the new moon of August 21, 2017, a cycle of 29.36 days.