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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2031: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

First Quarter at

11:20UTC

Moon phase on May 29, 2031First Quarter

Thursday 29 May 2031395,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 2031, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
395,232 km245,586 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2031 is on Thursday, June 5, 2031 at 11:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 21, 2031 at 07:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 21, 203107:17
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 29, 203111:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 5, 203111:58

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 2031 to the new moon of June 19, 2031, a cycle of 29.63 days.