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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on May 21, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 May 2078403,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
403,467 km250,703 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2078 is on Thursday, May 26, 2078 at 20:23 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 18, 207816:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 26, 207820:23

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2078 to the new moon of June 10, 2078, a cycle of 29.33 days.