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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on May 6, 1931Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 May 1931387,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
387,112 km240,540 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 2, 193105:14
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 9, 193112:48

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1931 to the new moon of May 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.60 days.