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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 2046: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on May 21, 2046Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 May 2046377,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
377,546 km234,596 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2046 is on Sunday, May 20, 2046 at 03:15 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 2046 at 15:22 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 20, 204603:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 27, 204617:07

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2046 to the new moon of June 4, 2046, a cycle of 29.52 days.