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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 2077: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on May 21, 2077Waning Crescent

Friday 21 May 2077370,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 2077, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
370,311 km230,101 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2077 is on Saturday, May 8, 2077 at 02:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 22, 2077 at 02:38 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 15, 207709:26
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 22, 207702:38

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 2077 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 2077 to the new moon of May 22, 2077, a cycle of 29.39 days.