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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 2049: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on May 21, 2049Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 May 2049365,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 2049, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
365,251 km226,956 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2049 is on Monday, May 17, 2049 at 11:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 31, 2049 at 14:00 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 17, 204911:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 24, 204902:54

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 2049 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2049 to the new moon of May 31, 2049, a cycle of 29.58 days.