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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 2074: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on May 21, 2074Waning Crescent

Monday 21 May 2074402,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 2074, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
402,933 km250,371 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2074 is on Friday, May 11, 2074 at 02:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 25, 2074 at 22:44 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 17, 207420:39
New Moon (after)Friday, May 25, 207422:44

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2074 to the new moon of May 25, 2074, a cycle of 29.66 days.