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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1969: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

First Quarter at

12:15UTC

Moon phase on May 24, 1969First Quarter

Saturday 24 May 1969395,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1969, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
395,768 km245,919 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 16, 196908:26
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 24, 196912:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 31, 196913:18

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1969 to the new moon of June 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.