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The Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1905: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on May 31, 1905Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 May 1905402,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
402,623 km250,178 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1905 is on Thursday, May 18, 1905 at 21:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1905 at 05:56 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 26, 190502:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 3, 190505:56

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Wednesday, May 31, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1905 to the new moon of June 3, 1905, a cycle of 29.59 days.