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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on May 21, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 May 1994364,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
364,460 km226,465 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1994 is on Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at 03:39 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 10, 1994 at 17:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 18, 199412:50
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 25, 199403:39

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1994 to the new moon of June 9, 1994, a cycle of 29.64 days.