Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, July 19, 2018: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

First Quarter at

19:52UTC

Moon phase on July 19, 2018First Quarter

Thursday 19 July 2018383,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 19, 2018, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
383,236 km238,132 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 2018 is on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 20:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 02:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 13, 201802:48
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 19, 201819:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 27, 201820:21

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Thursday, July 19, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 2018 to the new moon of August 11, 2018, a cycle of 29.30 days.