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The Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2046: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on May 31, 2046Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 May 2046400,433 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 31, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
400,433 km248,818 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2046 is on Sunday, May 20, 2046 at 03:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 2046 at 15:22 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 27, 204617:07
New Moon (after)Monday, June 4, 204615:22

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Thursday, May 31, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2046 to the new moon of June 4, 2046, a cycle of 29.52 days.