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The Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2070: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

First Quarter at

02:30UTC

Moon phase on May 17, 2070First Quarter

Saturday 17 May 2070384,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 17, 2070, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
384,369 km238,836 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2070 is on Sunday, May 25, 2070 at 01:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 10, 2070 at 11:08 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 10, 207011:08
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 17, 207002:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 207001:38

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Saturday, May 17, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2070 to the new moon of June 8, 2070, a cycle of 29.30 days.