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The Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2070: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 2070Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 May 2070401,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 21, 2070, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
401,040 km249,195 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2070 is on Sunday, May 25, 2070 at 01:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 10, 2070 at 11:08 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 17, 207002:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 207001:38

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Wednesday, May 21, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2070 to the new moon of June 8, 2070, a cycle of 29.30 days.