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The Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on July 9, 2020Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 July 2020397,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 9, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
397,651 km247,089 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2020 is on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 04:44 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 5, 202004:44
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 12, 202023:29

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Thursday, July 9, 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.