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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on May 31, 1975Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 May 1975402,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.0% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
402,407 km250,044 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 9, 1975 at 18:49 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 1, 197523:23

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.