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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 2032: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on May 21, 2032Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 May 2032392,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 2032, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
392,145 km243,667 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2032 is on Tuesday, May 25, 2032 at 02:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 2032 at 13:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 17, 203209:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 25, 203202:37

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 2032 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 2032 to the new moon of June 8, 2032, a cycle of 29.50 days.