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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 1992: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on May 31, 1992Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 May 1992373,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
373,192 km231,891 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1992 is on Monday, June 15, 1992 at 04:50 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 1, 1992 at 03:57 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 24, 199215:54
New Moon (after)Monday, June 1, 199203:57

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1992 to the new moon of June 1, 1992, a cycle of 29.43 days.