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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on May 31, 1930Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 May 1930365,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
365,551 km227,143 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1930 is on Wednesday, June 11, 1930 at 06:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 1930 at 05:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 28, 193005:37
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 3, 193021:56

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 28, 1930 to the new moon of June 26, 1930, a cycle of 29.34 days.