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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 2014: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

First Quarter at

03:15UTC

Moon phase on May 7, 2014First Quarter

Wednesday 7 May 2014403,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
403,569 km250,766 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 29, 201406:14
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 7, 201403:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 14, 201419:16

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.