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The Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on May 31, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 May 1966374,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 31, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
374,039 km232,417 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 27, 196608:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 3, 196607:40

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Tuesday, May 31, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1966 to the new moon of June 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.