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The Moon on Saturday, July 5, 2014: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

First Quarter at

11:59UTC

Moon phase on July 5, 2014First Quarter

Saturday 5 July 2014394,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 5, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
394,307 km245,011 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2014 is on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 11:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 08:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 27, 201408:09
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 5, 201411:59
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 12, 201411:25

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Saturday, July 5, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 2014 to the new moon of July 26, 2014, a cycle of 29.61 days.