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The Moon on Monday, July 15, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 15, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 July 2019394,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 15, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
394,697 km245,253 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2019 is on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 21:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 19:16 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Monday, July 15, 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.