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The Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2019: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Full Moon at

21:38UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 2019Full Moon

Tuesday 16 July 2019397,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
397,755 km247,153 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 398,897 km from Earth. Partial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2019 is on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 21:38 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 19:16 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 9, 201910:55
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, July 16, 201921:38
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 25, 201901:18

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Tuesday, July 16, 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.