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The Moon on Friday, July 28, 2028: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

First Quarter at

17:40UTC

Moon phase on July 28, 2028First Quarter

Friday 28 July 2028373,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 28, 2028, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
373,911 km232,338 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2028 is on Saturday, August 5, 2028 at 08:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 22, 2028 at 03:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 22, 202803:02
First Quarter (this day)Friday, July 28, 202817:40
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 5, 202808:10

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Friday, July 28, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2028 to the new moon of August 20, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.