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The Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 2019: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

First Quarter at

10:55UTC

Moon phase on July 9, 2019First Quarter

Tuesday 9 July 2019373,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
373,118 km231,845 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2019 is on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 21:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 19:16 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 2, 201919:16
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 9, 201910:55
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 16, 201921:38

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Tuesday, July 9, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 2, 2019 to the new moon of August 1, 2019, a cycle of 29.33 days.