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The Moon on Monday, July 3, 2006: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

First Quarter at

16:37UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 2006First Quarter

Monday 3 July 2006402,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 3, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
402,721 km250,239 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 25, 200616:05
First Quarter (this day)Monday, July 3, 200616:37
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 11, 200603:02

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Monday, July 3, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 2006 to the new moon of July 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.52 days.