Waxing · 15.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°
Moon age
4.2days
Moon phase on May 31, 1968Waxing Crescent
On Friday, May 31, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
398,105 km247,371 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 31, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, May 27, 1968 | 07:30 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, June 4, 1968 | 04:47 |
The Moon around May 31
More about this date
Friday, May 31, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1968 to the new moon of June 25, 1968, a cycle of 29.62 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1968, or the whole moon calendar 1968.
- The same date one year apart: 1967 · 1969.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.