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The Moon on Monday, May 31, 2038: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on May 31, 2038Waning Crescent

Monday 31 May 2038404,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 31, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
404,394 km251,278 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2038 is on Tuesday, May 18, 2038 at 18:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 3, 2038 at 00:24 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 25, 203820:43
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 3, 203800:24

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Monday, May 31, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2038 to the new moon of June 3, 2038, a cycle of 29.63 days.