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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on July 29, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 July 2023369,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
369,491 km229,591 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 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.