Waning · 80.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°
Moon age
18.2days
Moon phase on May 21, 2011Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, May 21, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
385,171 km239,334 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 21, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 11 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | 11:09 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 18:52 |
The Moon around May 21
More about this date
Saturday, May 21, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
- The same date one year apart: 2010 · 2012.
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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.