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The Moon on Thursday, July 3, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on July 3, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 July 2025403,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 3, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.7% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
403,048 km250,442 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2025 is on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 20:37 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 10:32 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 2, 202519:30
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 10, 202520:37

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Thursday, July 3, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 2025 to the new moon of July 24, 2025, a cycle of 29.36 days.