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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1902: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 1902Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 May 1902380,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
380,932 km236,700 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 6, 1902 at 06:11 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 30, 190212:00
New Moon (after)Friday, June 6, 190206:11

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1902 to the new moon of June 6, 1902, a cycle of 29.31 days.