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The Moon on Friday, July 3, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on July 3, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 July 2020373,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 3, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
373,405 km232,023 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2020 is on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 04:44 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 06:42 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 28, 202008:16
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 5, 202004:44

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Friday, July 3, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 2020 to the new moon of July 20, 2020, a cycle of 29.45 days.