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The Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on July 28, 2021Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 July 2021390,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
390,757 km242,805 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2021 is on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 02:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 13:50 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Wednesday, July 28, 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.