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The Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1967: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on May 21, 1967Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 May 1967361,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 21, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
361,674 km224,734 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1967 is on Tuesday, May 23, 1967 at 20:22 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 9, 1967 at 14:56 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 17, 196705:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 23, 196720:22

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Sunday, May 21, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1967 to the new moon of June 8, 1967, a cycle of 29.60 days.