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The Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 2078: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on May 31, 2078Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 31 May 2078387,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 31, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 79.7% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
387,794 km240,964 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2078 is on Thursday, May 26, 2078 at 20:23 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 10, 2078 at 01:49 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 26, 207820:23
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 3, 207810:38

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Tuesday, May 31, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2078 to the new moon of June 10, 2078, a cycle of 29.33 days.