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The Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1916: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 1916Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 May 1916399,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 30, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
399,235 km248,073 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 31, 1916 at 19:37 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 191605:16
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 191619:37

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Tuesday, May 30, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.