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The Moon on Friday, July 28, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on July 28, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 July 2023375,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 28, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
375,508 km233,330 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 25, 202322:07
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 1, 202318:32

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Friday, July 28, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2023 to the new moon of August 16, 2023, a cycle of 29.63 days.