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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 1964Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 May 1964399,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
399,655 km248,334 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 10, 1964 at 04:22 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 26, 196409:29
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 3, 196411:07

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1964 to the new moon of June 10, 1964, a cycle of 29.31 days.