Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°
Moon age
13.3days
Moon phase on May 31, 2015Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, May 31, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
393,472 km244,492 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 31, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, May 25, 2015 | 17:19 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | 16:19 |
The Moon around May 31
More about this date
Sunday, May 31, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.