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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on July 23, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 July 2021367,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
367,317 km228,240 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 01:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 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.