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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 2001: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

First Quarter at

10:08UTC

Moon phase on July 27, 2001First Quarter

Friday 27 July 2001379,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 2001, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
379,242 km235,650 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 20, 200119:44
First Quarter (this day)Friday, July 27, 200110:08
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 4, 200105:56

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2001 to the new moon of August 19, 2001, a cycle of 29.30 days.