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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1927: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

First Quarter at

15:27UTC

Moon phase on May 8, 1927First Quarter

Sunday 8 May 1927396,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 1927, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
396,420 km246,324 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 1, 192712:40
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 8, 192715:27
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 16, 192719:03

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1927 to the new moon of May 30, 1927, a cycle of 29.35 days.