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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2048: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 2048Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 May 2048367,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
367,750 km228,509 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2048 is on Wednesday, May 27, 2048 at 18:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 2048 at 12:50 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 27, 204818:57
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 3, 204812:05

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2048 to the new moon of June 11, 2048, a cycle of 29.66 days.