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The Moon on Thursday, July 28, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on July 28, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 July 2072399,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 28, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
399,624 km248,315 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2072 is on Saturday, July 30, 2072 at 00:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 15, 2072 at 17:56 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 22, 207209:02
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 207200:17

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Thursday, July 28, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 2072 to the new moon of August 14, 2072, a cycle of 29.31 days.