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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on May 31, 1903Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 May 1903366,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
366,631 km227,814 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1903 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1903 at 03:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 26, 1903 at 22:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 26, 190322:50
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 2, 190313:24

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1903 to the new moon of June 25, 1903, a cycle of 29.31 days.