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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2044: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 2044Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 May 2044386,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
386,984 km240,461 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2044 is on Thursday, May 12, 2044 at 00:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 20, 204404:02
New Moon (after)Friday, May 27, 204403:39

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2044 to the new moon of May 27, 2044, a cycle of 29.33 days.