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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1997: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

First Quarter at

10:55UTC

Moon phase on May 14, 1997First Quarter

Wednesday 14 May 1997403,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 1997, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
403,653 km250,818 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 6, 199720:47
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 14, 199710:55
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 22, 199709:13

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.