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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 2083: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 2083Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 May 2083398,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 2083, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
398,528 km247,634 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2083 is on Monday, May 31, 2083 at 09:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 16, 2083 at 18:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 16, 208318:14
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 24, 208318:11

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 2083 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2083 to the new moon of June 15, 2083, a cycle of 29.64 days.