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The Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on May 21, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 May 2051405,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 21, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
405,196 km251,777 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2051 is on Thursday, May 25, 2051 at 17:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 10, 2051 at 10:29 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 17, 205113:30
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 25, 205117:35

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Sunday, May 21, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2051 to the new moon of June 8, 2051, a cycle of 29.35 days.