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The Moon on Sunday, July 18, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on July 18, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 July 2021369,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 18, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
369,072 km229,331 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 17, 202110:11
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 24, 202102:37

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Sunday, July 18, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 2021 to the new moon of August 8, 2021, a cycle of 29.52 days.