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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2078: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

First Quarter at

23:48UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 2078First Quarter

Saturday 16 July 2078402,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 2078, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 45.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

45.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
402,602 km250,165 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2078 is on Sunday, July 24, 2078 at 22:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 9, 2078 at 10:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 9, 207810:09
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 16, 207823:48
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 24, 207822:07

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 2078 to the new moon of August 7, 2078, a cycle of 29.41 days.