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The Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on July 5, 2018Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 July 2018393,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 5, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
393,262 km244,362 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, June 28, 201804:53
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 6, 201807:51

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Thursday, July 5, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 2018 to the new moon of July 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.29 days.