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The Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2097: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 2097Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 May 2097391,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 21, 2097, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
391,983 km243,567 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2097 is on Sunday, May 26, 2097 at 03:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 11, 2097 at 18:40 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 18, 209709:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 26, 209703:36

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Tuesday, May 21, 2097 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2097 to the new moon of June 10, 2097, a cycle of 29.31 days.