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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 2099: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on May 21, 2099Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 May 2099384,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 2099, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
384,039 km238,631 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2099 is on Wednesday, June 3, 2099 at 03:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 20, 2099 at 05:16 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 20, 209905:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 27, 209907:16

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 2099 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2099 to the new moon of June 18, 2099, a cycle of 29.45 days.