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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 2042: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

First Quarter at

18:18UTC

Moon phase on May 26, 2042First Quarter

Monday 26 May 2042399,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 2042, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
399,954 km248,520 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2042 is on Tuesday, June 3, 2042 at 20:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 19, 204210:55
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 26, 204218:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 3, 204220:48

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2042 to the new moon of June 17, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.