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The Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on May 31, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 May 1928405,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 31, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
405,785 km252,143 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 26, 192809:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 3, 192812:14

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Thursday, May 31, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1928 to the new moon of June 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.31 days.