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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on May 21, 2022Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 May 2022370,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
370,483 km230,207 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 16, 202204:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 22, 202218:43

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.