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The Moon on Wednesday, July 11, 2012: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Last Quarter at

01:48UTC

Moon phase on July 11, 2012Last Quarter

Wednesday 11 July 2012401,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 11, 2012, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
401,854 km249,701 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 3, 201218:52
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 11, 201201:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 19, 201204:24

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 2012 to the new moon of July 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.