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The Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2013: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

First Quarter at

03:18UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 2013First Quarter

Tuesday 16 July 2013377,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 16, 2013, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
377,805 km234,757 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2013 is on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 18:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 07:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 8, 201307:14
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 16, 201303:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 22, 201318:16

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 2013 to the new moon of August 6, 2013, a cycle of 29.61 days.