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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 1909: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on May 31, 1909Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 May 1909400,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
400,235 km248,694 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1909 is on Friday, June 4, 1909 at 01:25 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 27, 190901:28
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 4, 190901:25

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1909 to the new moon of June 17, 1909, a cycle of 29.41 days.