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The Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on May 31, 1911Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 May 1911364,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
364,431 km226,447 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1911 is on Sunday, June 11, 1911 at 21:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 28, 1911 at 06:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 28, 191106:24
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 3, 191122:04

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Wednesday, May 31, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 28, 1911 to the new moon of June 26, 1911, a cycle of 29.29 days.