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The Moon on Monday, May 14, 1951: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

First Quarter at

05:32UTC

Moon phase on May 14, 1951First Quarter

Monday 14 May 1951393,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 14, 1951, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.8% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
393,548 km244,539 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 14, 195105:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 21, 195105:45

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Monday, May 14, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.