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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 2018: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Full Moon at

20:21UTC

Moon phase on July 27, 2018Full Moon

Friday 27 July 2018406,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 2018, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
406,187 km252,393 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 406,086 km from Earth. MicromoonTotal lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 19, 201819:52
Full Moon (this day)Friday, July 27, 201820:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 4, 201818:18

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 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.