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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1994: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

First Quarter at

01:12UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 1994First Quarter

Saturday 16 July 1994369,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 1994, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
369,686 km229,712 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1994 is on Friday, July 22, 1994 at 20:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 8, 1994 at 21:37 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 8, 199421:37
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 16, 199401:12
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 22, 199420:16

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1994 to the new moon of August 7, 1994, a cycle of 29.46 days.