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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2061: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 2061Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 May 2061360,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 2061, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,831 km224,210 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2061 is on Friday, June 3, 2061 at 06:09 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 19, 2061 at 11:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 19, 206111:03
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 26, 206104:12

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 2061 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2061 to the new moon of June 17, 2061, a cycle of 29.29 days.