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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2071: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 31, 2071Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 May 2071360,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,946 km224,282 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2071 is on Friday, June 12, 2071 at 17:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 29, 207111:17
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 5, 207101:38

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 2071 to the new moon of June 27, 2071, a cycle of 29.29 days.