The First Quarter Moon is a Half Moon - Time and Date

The 1st Quarter Moon is a primary Moon phase when we can see exactly half of the Moon's surface lit up. Which half depends on where you are on Earth. 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.Topics:Moon,Astronomy,CalendarNextFirstQuarterMoon7Jun2022,22:48PreviousFirstQuarterMoon9May2022,08:21TimesfortheFirstQuarterMoonvarybytimezone.TimesanddatesarebasedonthelocaltimeinSingapore.ChangelocationMoonPhasesInYourCityTheMoonPhasesTheLunarMonthNewMoonWaxingCrescentMoonFirstQuarterMoonWaxingGibbousMoonFullMoonWaningGibbousMoonThirdQuarterMoonWaningCrescentMoonMoonrise&MoonsetTimesTheMoonWhatIsaSupermoon?TheMoonIllusionTheMoonPhasesTheMoon'sEffectonTidesWhatIsaMicroMoon?HowCanFullMoonBeintheDaytime?IsaBlueMoonBlue?TheMoon'sOrbitTheFarSideoftheMoonWhatIsaBlackMoon?WhatAreMoonbows?FullMoonNamesTakingpicturesoftheMoonMoonindexMoonDistanceSun&MoonPhotographyTakingPicturesoftheSunTakingPicturesoftheMoonSolarEclipsePhotographyLunarEclipsePhotographyAdvertising Elsewhereontimeanddate.comFullMoonNamesAncientculturesgavenamestotheFullMoon.Thesenamesarestillinusetoday.Hunter'sMoonorHarvestMooninOctoberOctober’sFullMoonistheHunter’sMoon.It'salsocalledTravelMoon,DyingGrassMoon,BloodMoon,orSanguineMoon.HarvestMooninSeptemberorOctober?TheHarvestMoonvariesbetweenSeptemberorOctoberintheNorthernHemisphere.ItistheFullMoonnearesttheautumnal(fall)equinox.TheFullMoonThethirdprimaryphaseoftheMoonistheFullMoon. x LIVETOTALLUNARECLIPSE–Watchtheeclipseasithappens