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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2019: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

First Quarter at

01:12UTC

Moon phase on May 12, 2019First Quarter

Sunday 12 May 2019369,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 2019, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
369,614 km229,667 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 4, 201922:46
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 12, 201901:12
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 18, 201921:11

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.