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The Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on July 4, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 July 2020376,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 4, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
376,531 km233,966 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2020 is on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 04:44 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 06:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Saturday, July 4, 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.