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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2040: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

First Quarter at

07:01UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 2040First Quarter

Saturday 19 May 2040398,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 2040, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 52.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

52.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
398,150 km247,399 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 11, 204003:28
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 19, 204007:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 26, 204011:47

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2040 to the new moon of June 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.61 days.