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The Moon on Friday, May 30, 1924: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on May 30, 1924Waning Crescent

Friday 30 May 1924403,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 30, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
403,985 km251,025 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 2, 1924 at 14:34 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 25, 192414:16
New Moon (after)Monday, June 2, 192414:34

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Friday, May 30, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 1924 to the new moon of June 2, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.