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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 31, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 May 2004365,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
365,676 km227,221 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 27, 200407:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 3, 200404:20

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2004 to the new moon of June 17, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.