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| Moon Phase at 85% illumination: May 31, 2023
On this day the Moon was in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The Moon is the fifth-largest natural satellite in the solar system. The lunar surface is covered in craters caused by impacts from asteroids, comets, and other space rocks. There are large dark regions that astronomers originally referred to as âseas.â Today we know they are areas of solidified lava resulting from volcanic eruptions in the Moonâs distant past. |
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