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The Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 2021Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 July 2021385,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
385,479 km239,526 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 24, 202102:37
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 31, 202113:16

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Tuesday, July 27, 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.