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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 31, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 May 2053401,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
401,943 km249,756 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2053 is on Sunday, June 1, 2053 at 11:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 2053 at 03:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 24, 205318:04
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 1, 205311:02

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2053 to the new moon of June 16, 2053, a cycle of 29.30 days.