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The Moon on Thursday, May 27, 2004: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

First Quarter at

07:57UTC

Moon phase on May 27, 2004First Quarter

Thursday 27 May 2004389,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 27, 2004, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
389,428 km241,980 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 19, 200404:52
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 27, 200407:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 3, 200404:20

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Thursday, May 27, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2004 to the new moon of June 17, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.