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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on May 21, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 May 2040388,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
388,241 km241,242 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 19, 204007:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 26, 204011:47

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2040 to the new moon of June 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.61 days.