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The Moon on Friday, May 31, 2024: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on May 31, 2024Waning Crescent

Friday 31 May 2024369,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 31, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
369,280 km229,460 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 30, 202417:13
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 6, 202412:38

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Friday, May 31, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.