Waxing · 13.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°
Moon age
3.3days
Moon phase on May 21, 2015Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, May 21, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
387,622 km240,857 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 21, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, May 18, 2015 | 04:13 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, May 25, 2015 | 17:19 |
The Moon around May 21
More about this date
Thursday, May 21, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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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.