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The Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2085: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

First Quarter at

14:51UTC

Moon phase on May 31, 2085First Quarter

Thursday 31 May 2085402,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 31, 2085, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
402,931 km250,369 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2085 is on Friday, June 8, 2085 at 02:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2085 at 14:23 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 23, 208514:23
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 31, 208514:51
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 8, 208502:02

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Thursday, May 31, 2085 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2085 to the new moon of June 22, 2085, a cycle of 29.54 days.