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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 2055: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on May 21, 2055Waning Crescent

Friday 21 May 2055404,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
404,448 km251,312 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2055 is on Tuesday, May 11, 2055 at 02:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 26, 2055 at 12:57 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 18, 205511:30
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 26, 205512:57

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2055 to the new moon of May 26, 2055, a cycle of 29.57 days.