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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 1997: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 1997Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 May 1997371,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
371,050 km230,560 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 29, 199707:51
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 5, 199707:04

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.