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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on July 12, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 July 2019384,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
384,277 km238,778 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2019 is on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 21:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 19:16 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 9, 201910:55
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 16, 201921:38

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 2, 2019 to the new moon of August 1, 2019, a cycle of 29.33 days.