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The Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1991: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Last Quarter at

00:46UTC

Moon phase on May 7, 1991Last Quarter

Tuesday 7 May 1991396,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 7, 1991, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
396,326 km246,265 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1991 is on Sunday, April 28, 1991 at 20:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 14, 1991 at 04:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 28, 199120:59
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 7, 199100:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 14, 199104:36

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Tuesday, May 7, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 1991 to the new moon of May 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.37 days.