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The Moon on Saturday, May 31, 2081: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on May 31, 2081Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 May 2081403,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 31, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,263 km250,576 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2081 is on Thursday, May 22, 2081 at 20:26 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 2081 at 09:01 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 30, 208115:36
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 7, 208109:01

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Saturday, May 31, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2081 to the new moon of June 7, 2081, a cycle of 29.45 days.