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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1972: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

First Quarter at

07:46UTC

Moon phase on July 18, 1972First Quarter

Tuesday 18 July 1972403,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 1972, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
403,255 km250,571 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 10, 197219:39
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 18, 197207:46
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 26, 197207:24

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 1972 to the new moon of August 9, 1972, a cycle of 29.41 days.