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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on May 21, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 May 2005379,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
379,415 km235,758 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 16, 200508:57
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 23, 200520:18

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.