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The Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on May 31, 1933Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 May 1933391,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
391,700 km243,391 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1933 is on Thursday, June 8, 1933 at 05:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 24, 193310:07
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 1, 193311:53

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Wednesday, May 31, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1933 to the new moon of June 23, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.