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The Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2041: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

First Quarter at

03:54UTC

Moon phase on May 8, 2041First Quarter

Wednesday 8 May 2041404,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 8, 2041, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
404,243 km251,185 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2041 is on Thursday, May 16, 2041 at 00:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 30, 2041 at 11:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 30, 204111:46
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 8, 204103:54
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 16, 204100:52

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Wednesday, May 8, 2041 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2041 to the new moon of May 29, 2041, a cycle of 29.47 days.