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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on May 31, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 May 1982388,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
388,288 km241,271 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1982 is on Sunday, June 6, 1982 at 16:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 29, 198220:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 6, 198216:00

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1982 to the new moon of June 21, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.