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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2071: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on May 21, 2071Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 May 2071401,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
401,390 km249,412 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 14, 207103:24
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 22, 207106:19

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2071 to the new moon of May 29, 2071, a cycle of 29.37 days.