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The Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on July 2, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 July 2023365,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 2, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
365,093 km226,858 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 2023 is on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:39 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 04:37 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 26, 202307:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 3, 202311:39

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Sunday, July 2, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 2023 to the new moon of July 17, 2023, a cycle of 29.58 days.