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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 2066: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 2066Waning Crescent

Friday 21 May 2066398,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 2066, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
398,807 km247,807 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2066 is on Sunday, May 9, 2066 at 18:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 2066 at 03:38 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 16, 206610:01
New Moon (after)Monday, May 24, 206603:38

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 2066 to the new moon of May 24, 2066, a cycle of 29.63 days.