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The Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on May 31, 1927Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 May 1927370,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 31, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
370,725 km230,358 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 1927 at 21:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 30, 192721:06
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 7, 192707:49

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Tuesday, May 31, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1927 to the new moon of June 29, 1927, a cycle of 29.39 days.