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The Moon on Friday, May 31, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 31, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 May 1901404,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 31, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
404,269 km251,201 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1901 is on Sunday, June 2, 1901 at 09:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 25, 190105:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 2, 190109:53

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Friday, May 31, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1901 to the new moon of June 16, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.