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The Moon on Monday, July 31, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on July 31, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 July 2023360,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 31, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
360,206 km223,822 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 17, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Monday, July 31, 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.