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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 1985: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

First Quarter at

12:56UTC

Moon phase on May 27, 1985First Quarter

Monday 27 May 1985375,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 1985, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
375,880 km233,561 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 19, 198521:41
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 27, 198512:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 3, 198503:51

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1985 to the new moon of June 18, 1985, a cycle of 29.59 days.