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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2081: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

First Quarter at

23:21UTC

Moon phase on May 15, 2081First Quarter

Thursday 15 May 2081370,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 2081, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 44.7% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

44.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
370,491 km230,212 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2081 is on Thursday, May 22, 2081 at 20:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 2081 at 22:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 8, 208122:09
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 15, 208123:21
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 22, 208120:26

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2081 to the new moon of June 7, 2081, a cycle of 29.45 days.