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The Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 31, 1945Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 May 1945384,547 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 31, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
384,547 km238,946 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 10, 1945 at 04:26 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 27, 194501:49
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 3, 194513:15

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Thursday, May 31, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.