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The Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1984: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

First Quarter at

11:50UTC

Moon phase on May 8, 1984First Quarter

Tuesday 8 May 1984371,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 8, 1984, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
371,482 km230,828 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 1984 at 03:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 1, 198403:46
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 8, 198411:50
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 15, 198404:29

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Tuesday, May 8, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.