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The Moon on Thursday, May 31, 2096: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 31, 2096Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 May 2096402,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 31, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 74.0% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
402,283 km249,967 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2096 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2096 at 02:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 22, 2096 at 01:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 28, 209623:07
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 6, 209602:58

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Thursday, May 31, 2096 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2096 to the new moon of June 20, 2096, a cycle of 29.32 days.