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The Moon on Friday, July 4, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on July 4, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 July 2025404,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 4, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
404,397 km251,281 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2025 is on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 20:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 10:32 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Friday, July 4, 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.