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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1991: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

First Quarter at

15:11UTC

Moon phase on July 18, 1991First Quarter

Thursday 18 July 1991389,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1991, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
389,540 km242,049 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at 19:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 11, 199119:06
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 18, 199115:11
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 26, 199118:25

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.