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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1924: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on May 31, 1924Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 May 1924405,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
405,602 km252,029 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 2, 1924 at 14:34 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 25, 192414:16
New Moon (after)Monday, June 2, 192414:34

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 1924 to the new moon of June 2, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.