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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on May 31, 1971Waxing Crescent

Monday 31 May 1971401,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 45.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

45.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
401,611 km249,550 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 24, 197112:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 1, 197100:42

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1971 to the new moon of June 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.39 days.