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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 2007Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 May 2007383,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
383,567 km238,338 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2007 is on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 01:04 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 19:27 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 16, 200719:27
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 23, 200721:03

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2007 to the new moon of June 15, 2007, a cycle of 29.32 days.