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The Moon on Saturday, July 1, 2017: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

First Quarter at

00:51UTC

Moon phase on July 1, 2017First Quarter

Saturday 1 July 2017394,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 1, 2017, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
394,977 km245,428 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 24, 201702:31
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 1, 201700:51
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 9, 201704:07

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Saturday, July 1, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 2017 to the new moon of July 23, 2017, a cycle of 29.30 days.