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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on May 31, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 May 1958365,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
365,099 km226,862 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1958 is on Sunday, June 1, 1958 at 20:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 26, 195804:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 1, 195820:55

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1958 to the new moon of June 17, 1958, a cycle of 29.54 days.