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The Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2050: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

First Quarter at

16:04UTC

Moon phase on May 28, 2050First Quarter

Saturday 28 May 2050404,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 28, 2050, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,225 km251,174 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2050 is on Sunday, June 5, 2050 at 09:51 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 2050 at 20:51 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 20, 205020:51
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 28, 205016:04
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 5, 205009:51

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Saturday, May 28, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2050 to the new moon of June 19, 2050, a cycle of 29.48 days.