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The Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2022: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

First Quarter at

02:14UTC

Moon phase on July 7, 2022First Quarter

Thursday 7 July 2022381,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 7, 2022, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
381,371 km236,973 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 2022 is on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 18:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 02:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 29, 202202:52
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 7, 202202:14
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 13, 202218:38

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Thursday, July 7, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2022 to the new moon of July 28, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.