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The Moon on Thursday, May 31, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on May 31, 1984Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 May 1984382,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 31, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
382,315 km237,560 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1984 is on Wednesday, June 13, 1984 at 14:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 30, 198416:48
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 6, 198416:42

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Thursday, May 31, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1984 to the new moon of June 29, 1984, a cycle of 29.44 days.