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The Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on May 21, 2019Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 21 May 2019390,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
390,276 km242,506 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 18, 201921:11
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.