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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1959: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 31, 1959Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 May 1959399,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
399,774 km248,408 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 29, 195908:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 6, 195911:54

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.