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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on July 18, 2019Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 July 2019402,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
402,758 km250,262 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2019 is on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 21:38 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 03:12 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 16, 201921:38
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 25, 201901:18

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 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.