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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 21, 1984Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 May 1984400,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
400,361 km248,773 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 15, 198404:29
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 22, 198417:45

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.