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The Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1928: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

First Quarter at

14:38UTC

Moon phase on July 24, 1928First Quarter

Tuesday 24 July 1928401,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 24, 1928, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.1% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
401,881 km249,717 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1928 is on Wednesday, August 1, 1928 at 15:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 17, 1928 at 04:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 17, 192804:35
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 24, 192814:38
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 1, 192815:31

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Tuesday, July 24, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1928 to the new moon of August 15, 1928, a cycle of 29.38 days.