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The Moon on Sunday, July 9, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on July 9, 2023Waning Gibbous

Sunday 9 July 2023373,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 9, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
373,666 km232,185 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2023 is on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:39 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 3, 202311:39
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 10, 202301:48

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Sunday, July 9, 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.