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The Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on July 20, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 July 2021365,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,037 km226,824 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Tuesday, July 20, 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.