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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 1967: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

First Quarter at

05:18UTC

Moon phase on May 17, 1967First Quarter

Wednesday 17 May 1967373,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 1967, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
373,881 km232,319 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1967 is on Tuesday, May 23, 1967 at 20:22 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 9, 1967 at 14:56 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 9, 196714:56
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 17, 196705:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 23, 196720:22

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1967 to the new moon of June 8, 1967, a cycle of 29.60 days.