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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2065: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 2065Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 May 2065361,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 2065, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
361,041 km224,340 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2065 is on Wednesday, May 20, 2065 at 02:05 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 2065 at 03:05 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 20, 206502:05
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 26, 206523:38

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 2065 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2065 to the new moon of June 4, 2065, a cycle of 29.65 days.