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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on July 12, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 July 2022357,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
357,999 km222,450 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 02:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 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.