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The Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 1949Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 May 1949380,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 31, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.8% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
380,853 km236,651 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 27, 194922:24
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 4, 194903:27

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Tuesday, May 31, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1949 to the new moon of June 26, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.