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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on July 16, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 July 2027403,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
403,245 km250,565 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2027 is on Sunday, July 18, 2027 at 15:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 4, 2027 at 03:02 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 10, 202718:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 18, 202715:45

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2027 to the new moon of August 2, 2027, a cycle of 29.29 days.