Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°
Moon age
6.0days
Moon phase on May 21, 2018Waxing Crescent
On Monday, May 21, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
370,852 km230,437 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 21, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 15, 2018 | 11:48 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, May 22, 2018 | 03:49 |
The Moon around May 21
More about this date
Monday, May 21, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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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.