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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2001: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

First Quarter at

22:09UTC

Moon phase on May 29, 2001First Quarter

Tuesday 29 May 2001369,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 2001, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
369,779 km229,770 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2001 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 01:39 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 23, 200102:46
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 29, 200122:09
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 6, 200101:39

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2001 to the new moon of June 21, 2001, a cycle of 29.38 days.