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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2037: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 21, 2037Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 May 2037371,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 2037, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
371,512 km230,847 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2037 is on Friday, May 29, 2037 at 04:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 2037 at 05:54 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 15, 203705:54
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 22, 203709:08

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 2037 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2037 to the new moon of June 13, 2037, a cycle of 29.47 days.