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The Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 2087: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on May 21, 2087Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 May 2087395,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 21, 2087, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
395,922 km246,014 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2087 is on Saturday, May 17, 2087 at 15:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 1, 2087 at 01:39 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 17, 208715:55
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 25, 208710:41

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Wednesday, May 21, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2087 to the new moon of June 1, 2087, a cycle of 29.32 days.