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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on July 30, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 July 2020376,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
376,237 km233,782 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 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.