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The Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2044: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 31, 2044Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 May 2044368,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 31, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
368,119 km228,738 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2044 is on Friday, June 10, 2044 at 15:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 27, 204403:39
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 2, 204418:33

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Tuesday, May 31, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2044 to the new moon of June 25, 2044, a cycle of 29.28 days.