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The Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 May 1955398,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 31, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.0% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
398,396 km247,552 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 28, 195514:01
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 5, 195514:09

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Tuesday, May 31, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1955 to the new moon of June 20, 1955, a cycle of 29.30 days.