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The Moon on Thursday, July 22, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on July 22, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 July 2021365,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 22, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
365,250 km226,956 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Thursday, July 22, 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.