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The Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2080: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 2080Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 May 2080363,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 21, 2080, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
363,411 km225,813 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2080 is on Sunday, June 2, 2080 at 13:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 2080 at 10:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 19, 208010:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 26, 208002:03

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Tuesday, May 21, 2080 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2080 to the new moon of June 17, 2080, a cycle of 29.32 days.