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The Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2034: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on May 21, 2034Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 May 2034370,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 21, 2034, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
370,609 km230,285 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2034 is on Friday, June 2, 2034 at 03:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 18, 2034 at 03:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 18, 203403:13
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 24, 203423:58

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Sunday, May 21, 2034 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2034 to the new moon of June 16, 2034, a cycle of 29.30 days.