Waxing · 19.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°
Moon age
4.7days
Moon phase on May 16, 2021Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, May 16, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.0% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
19.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
399,006 km247,931 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 16, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 19:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 11, 2021 | 19:00 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, May 19, 2021 | 19:13 |
The Moon around May 16
More about this date
Sunday, May 16, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2021 to the new moon of June 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.66 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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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.