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The Moon on Friday, July 31, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on July 31, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 July 2020379,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 31, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
379,035 km235,521 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2020 is on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 15:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 17:33 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Friday, July 31, 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.