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The Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2036: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on May 21, 2036Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 May 2036389,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 21, 2036, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
389,912 km242,280 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2036 is on Saturday, May 10, 2036 at 08:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 25, 2036 at 19:17 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 203608:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 203619:17

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Wednesday, May 21, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2036 to the new moon of May 25, 2036, a cycle of 29.41 days.