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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2048: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

First Quarter at

18:32UTC

Moon phase on July 18, 2048First Quarter

Saturday 18 July 2048376,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 2048, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
376,577 km233,994 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2048 is on Saturday, July 25, 2048 at 09:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 2048 at 04:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 11, 204804:04
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 18, 204818:32
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 25, 204809:34

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 2048 to the new moon of August 9, 2048, a cycle of 29.58 days.