Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°
Moon age
14.6days
Moon phase on May 21, 1997Waxing Gibbous
On Wednesday, May 21, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
386,989 km240,464 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 21, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, May 14, 1997 | 10:55 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, May 22, 1997 | 09:13 |
The Moon around May 21
More about this date
Wednesday, May 21, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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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.