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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 2029: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

First Quarter at

04:16UTC

Moon phase on May 21, 2029First Quarter

Monday 21 May 2029373,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 2029, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.7% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
373,256 km231,930 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2029 is on Sunday, May 27, 2029 at 18:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 2029 at 13:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 13, 202913:42
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 21, 202904:16
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 27, 202918:38

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 2029 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 2029 to the new moon of June 12, 2029, a cycle of 29.59 days.