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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 2018: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Last Quarter at

07:51UTC

Moon phase on July 6, 2018Last Quarter

Friday 6 July 2018388,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 2018, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
388,006 km241,096 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, June 28, 201804:53
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, July 6, 201807:51
New Moon (after)Friday, July 13, 201802:48

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 2018 to the new moon of July 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.29 days.