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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 1931: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on May 15, 1931Waning Crescent

Friday 15 May 1931398,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
398,966 km247,906 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 9, 193112:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 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.