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The Moon on Saturday, July 8, 2000: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

First Quarter at

12:53UTC

Moon phase on July 8, 2000First Quarter

Saturday 8 July 2000385,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 8, 2000, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
385,832 km239,745 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 2000 is on Sunday, July 16, 2000 at 13:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 1, 2000 at 19:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 1, 200019:20
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 8, 200012:53
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 16, 200013:55

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Saturday, July 8, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2000 to the new moon of July 31, 2000, a cycle of 29.30 days.