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The Moon on Friday, July 8, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on July 8, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 July 2022375,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 8, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
375,498 km233,324 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 02:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 7, 202202:14
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 13, 202218:38

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Friday, July 8, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2022 to the new moon of July 28, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.