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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2076: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 21, 2076Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 May 2076367,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 2076, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
367,240 km228,192 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2076 is on Monday, May 18, 2076 at 17:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 1, 2076 at 17:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 18, 207617:38
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 25, 207611:51

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 2076 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2076 to the new moon of June 1, 2076, a cycle of 29.52 days.