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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 2087: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

First Quarter at

13:09UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 2087First Quarter

Friday 9 May 2087388,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 2087, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 49.6% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

49.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
388,575 km241,449 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2087 is on Saturday, May 17, 2087 at 15:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 2, 2087 at 17:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 2, 208717:51
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 9, 208713:09
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 17, 208715:55

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2087 to the new moon of June 1, 2087, a cycle of 29.32 days.