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The Moon on Thursday, July 16, 2043: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on July 16, 2043Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 July 2043404,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 16, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
404,705 km251,472 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2043 is on Wednesday, July 22, 2043 at 03:24 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 2043 at 17:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 14, 204301:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 22, 204303:24

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Thursday, July 16, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 2043 to the new moon of August 5, 2043, a cycle of 29.36 days.