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The Moon on Friday, July 8, 2011: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

First Quarter at

06:29UTC

Moon phase on July 8, 2011First Quarter

Friday 8 July 2011369,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 8, 2011, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.8% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
369,784 km229,773 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 2011 is on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 06:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 1, 201108:54
First Quarter (this day)Friday, July 8, 201106:29
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 15, 201106:40

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Friday, July 8, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 30, 2011, a cycle of 29.41 days.