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The Moon on Friday, May 31, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 31, 1918Waning Gibbous

Friday 31 May 1918375,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 31, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
375,005 km233,017 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 1918 at 22:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 25, 191822:32
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 2, 191804:20

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Friday, May 31, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.