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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2053: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

First Quarter at

18:04UTC

Moon phase on May 24, 2053First Quarter

Saturday 24 May 2053375,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 2053, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.3% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
375,422 km233,277 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2053 is on Sunday, June 1, 2053 at 11:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 2053 at 03:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 18, 205303:43
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 24, 205318:04
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 1, 205311:02

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2053 to the new moon of June 16, 2053, a cycle of 29.30 days.