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The Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 1999: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

First Quarter at

09:00UTC

Moon phase on July 20, 1999First Quarter

Tuesday 20 July 1999400,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 20, 1999, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
400,443 km248,823 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1999 is on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 11:25 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 at 02:24 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 13, 199902:24
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 20, 199909:00
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 28, 199911:25

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Tuesday, July 20, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1999 to the new moon of August 11, 1999, a cycle of 29.36 days.