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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1921: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Full Moon at

20:15UTC

Moon phase on May 21, 1921Full Moon

Saturday 21 May 1921390,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 1921, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
390,380 km242,571 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 391,609 km from Earth. Blue Moon (seasonal)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 14, 192115:24
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, May 21, 192120:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 29, 192121:44

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1921 to the new moon of June 6, 1921, a cycle of 29.38 days.