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The Moon on Sunday, May 31, 2076: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 31, 2076Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 May 2076388,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 31, 2076, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
388,927 km241,668 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2076 is on Monday, May 18, 2076 at 17:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 1, 2076 at 17:14 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 25, 207611:51
New Moon (after)Monday, June 1, 207617:14

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Sunday, May 31, 2076 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2076 to the new moon of June 1, 2076, a cycle of 29.52 days.