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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 May 2021368,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
368,170 km228,770 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 19:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 19, 202119:13
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 26, 202111:14

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 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.