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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 2088: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 2088Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 May 2088358,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 2088, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
358,056 km222,486 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2088 is on Friday, June 4, 2088 at 08:08 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 20, 2088 at 18:49 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 20, 208818:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 27, 208809:51

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 2088 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2088 to the new moon of June 19, 2088, a cycle of 29.30 days.