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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2031: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on May 20, 2031Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 May 2031398,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 2031, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
398,007 km247,310 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2031 is on Wednesday, May 7, 2031 at 03:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 21, 2031 at 07:17 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 13, 203119:07
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 21, 203107:17

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2031 to the new moon of May 21, 2031, a cycle of 29.60 days.