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The Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1950: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Full Moon at

12:43UTC

Moon phase on May 31, 1950Full Moon

Wednesday 31 May 1950358,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 1950, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
358,824 km222,963 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 358,871 km from Earth. SupermoonBlue Moon (monthly)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 31, 195012:43
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 7, 195011:35

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Wednesday, May 31, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.