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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 2027: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 31, 2027Waning Crescent

Monday 31 May 2027385,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
385,587 km239,593 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2027 is on Thursday, May 20, 2027 at 10:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 4, 2027 at 19:40 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 28, 202713:58
New Moon (after)Friday, June 4, 202719:40

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2027 to the new moon of June 4, 2027, a cycle of 29.36 days.