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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on July 20, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 July 2024373,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
373,633 km232,165 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2024 is on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 13, 202422:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 21, 202410:17

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 2024 to the new moon of August 4, 2024, a cycle of 29.51 days.