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The Moon on Saturday, May 27, 2023: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

First Quarter at

15:22UTC

Moon phase on May 27, 2023First Quarter

Saturday 27 May 2023403,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 27, 2023, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
403,199 km250,536 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2023 is on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 03:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 15:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 19, 202315:53
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 27, 202315:22
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 4, 202303:42

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Saturday, May 27, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2023 to the new moon of June 18, 2023, a cycle of 29.53 days.