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The Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on July 9, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 July 2025395,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
395,569 km245,795 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2025 is on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 20:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 10:32 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Wednesday, July 9, 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.