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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 2016: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

First Quarter at

00:52UTC

Moon phase on July 12, 2016First Quarter

Tuesday 12 July 2016403,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,925 km250,988 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2016 is on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 22:57 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 4, 201611:01
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 12, 201600:52
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 19, 201622:57

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 2016 to the new moon of August 2, 2016, a cycle of 29.41 days.