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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 2072: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

First Quarter at

09:02UTC

Moon phase on July 22, 2072First Quarter

Friday 22 July 2072376,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 2072, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
376,626 km234,025 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2072 is on Saturday, July 30, 2072 at 00:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 15, 2072 at 17:56 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 15, 207217:56
First Quarter (this day)Friday, July 22, 207209:02
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 207200:17

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 2072 to the new moon of August 14, 2072, a cycle of 29.31 days.