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The Moon on Saturday, July 28, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on July 28, 2018Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 July 2018405,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 28, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
405,682 km252,079 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 09:58 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 27, 201820:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 4, 201818:18

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Saturday, July 28, 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.