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The Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on July 20, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 July 2056369,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 20, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 56.0% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
369,476 km229,582 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2056 is on Wednesday, July 26, 2056 at 18:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 2056 at 20:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 19, 205623:45
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 26, 205618:54

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Thursday, July 20, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 12, 2056 to the new moon of August 11, 2056, a cycle of 29.48 days.