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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 2100: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

First Quarter at

02:42UTC

Moon phase on May 17, 2100First Quarter

Monday 17 May 2100375,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 2100, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.4% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
375,616 km233,397 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2100 is on Sunday, May 23, 2100 at 17:25 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 2100 at 08:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 9, 210008:54
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 17, 210002:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 23, 210017:25

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 2100 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 2100 to the new moon of June 7, 2100, a cycle of 29.61 days.