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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1914: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on May 31, 1914Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 May 1914377,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
377,443 km234,532 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1914 is on Monday, June 8, 1914 at 05:18 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 25, 191402:35
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 1, 191414:03

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1914 to the new moon of June 23, 1914, a cycle of 29.54 days.