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The Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2079: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 2079Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 May 2079399,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 21, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 73.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
399,962 km248,525 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2079 is on Monday, May 15, 2079 at 20:58 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 30, 2079 at 18:41 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 15, 207920:58
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 23, 207923:15

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Sunday, May 21, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2079 to the new moon of May 30, 2079, a cycle of 29.32 days.