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The Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1923: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 1923Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 May 1923367,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 31, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
367,082 km228,094 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1923 is on Wednesday, May 30, 1923 at 05:07 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 14, 1923 at 12:42 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 30, 192305:07
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 6, 192309:19

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Thursday, May 31, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1923 to the new moon of June 14, 1923, a cycle of 29.59 days.