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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2021: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

First Quarter at

19:13UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 2021First Quarter

Wednesday 19 May 2021385,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
385,347 km239,444 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 19:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 11, 202119:00
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 19, 202119:13
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 26, 202111:14

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2021 to the new moon of June 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.66 days.