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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on May 21, 1977Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 May 1977403,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
403,770 km250,891 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 18, 197702:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 26, 197703:20

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.