Waxing · 15.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°
Moon age
4.0days
Moon phase on May 21, 1996Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, May 21, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
404,312 km251,228 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 21, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, May 17, 1996 | 11:46 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, May 25, 1996 | 14:13 |
The Moon around May 21
More about this date
Tuesday, May 21, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1996 to the new moon of June 16, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.