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The Moon on Saturday, July 8, 1916: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

First Quarter at

11:55UTC

Moon phase on July 8, 1916First Quarter

Saturday 8 July 1916385,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 8, 1916, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
385,343 km239,441 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1916 is on Saturday, July 15, 1916 at 04:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 30, 1916 at 10:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 30, 191610:43
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 8, 191611:55
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 15, 191604:40

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Saturday, July 8, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1916 to the new moon of July 30, 1916, a cycle of 29.65 days.