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The Moon on Thursday, July 10, 2008: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

First Quarter at

04:35UTC

Moon phase on July 10, 2008First Quarter

Thursday 10 July 2008397,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 10, 2008, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
397,968 km247,286 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 3, 200802:19
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 10, 200804:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 18, 200807:59

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Thursday, July 10, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 2008 to the new moon of August 1, 2008, a cycle of 29.33 days.