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The Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on May 31, 1995Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 May 1995406,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
406,010 km252,283 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1995 is on Tuesday, June 13, 1995 at 04:04 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 29, 1995 at 09:27 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 29, 199509:27
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 6, 199510:26

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Wednesday, May 31, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1995 to the new moon of June 28, 1995, a cycle of 29.64 days.