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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on May 31, 1919Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 May 1919365,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
365,337 km227,010 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1919 is on Friday, June 13, 1919 at 16:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 29, 1919 at 13:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 29, 191913:12
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 5, 191912:22

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1919 to the new moon of June 27, 1919, a cycle of 29.32 days.