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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on May 31, 1926Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 May 1926368,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
368,935 km229,245 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 1926 at 10:08 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 27, 192611:49
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 3, 192608:09

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1926 to the new moon of June 10, 1926, a cycle of 29.47 days.