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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 1965Waxing Crescent

Monday 31 May 1965363,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
363,222 km225,695 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1965 is on Monday, June 14, 1965 at 01:59 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 30, 196521:13
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 6, 196512:11

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1965 to the new moon of June 29, 1965, a cycle of 29.32 days.