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The Moon on Thursday, July 14, 2005: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

First Quarter at

15:20UTC

Moon phase on July 14, 2005First Quarter

Thursday 14 July 2005390,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 14, 2005, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
390,857 km242,867 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 6, 200512:03
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 14, 200515:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 21, 200511:00

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Thursday, July 14, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 2005 to the new moon of August 5, 2005, a cycle of 29.63 days.