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The Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 2007: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

First Quarter at

21:03UTC

Moon phase on May 23, 2007First Quarter

Wednesday 23 May 2007394,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 23, 2007, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
394,684 km245,245 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2007 is on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 01:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 19:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 16, 200719:27
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 23, 200721:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 1, 200701:04

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2007 to the new moon of June 15, 2007, a cycle of 29.32 days.