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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on July 20, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 July 2018388,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
388,756 km241,562 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 19, 201819:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 27, 201820:21

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 2018 to the new moon of August 11, 2018, a cycle of 29.30 days.