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The Moon on Sunday, July 18, 2010: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

First Quarter at

10:11UTC

Moon phase on July 18, 2010First Quarter

Sunday 18 July 2010375,909 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 18, 2010, 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
375,909 km233,579 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2010 is on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 19:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 11, 201019:41
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 18, 201010:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 26, 201001:37

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Sunday, July 18, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2010 to the new moon of August 10, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.