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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on July 18, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 July 2040378,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
378,096 km234,938 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2040 is on Tuesday, July 24, 2040 at 02:05 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 9, 2040 at 09:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 17, 204009:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 24, 204002:05

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 2040 to the new moon of August 8, 2040, a cycle of 29.63 days.