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The Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on July 28, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 July 2020371,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.2% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
371,742 km230,989 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 27, 202012:33
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 3, 202015:59

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2020 to the new moon of August 19, 2020, a cycle of 29.38 days.