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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 31, 2021Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 May 2021379,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
379,733 km235,955 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 26, 202111:14
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 2, 202107:25

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2021 to the new moon of June 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.66 days.