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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 15, 1930Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 1930396,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
396,496 km246,371 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 1930 at 05:37 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 12, 193017:29
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 20, 193016:22

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1930 to the new moon of May 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.44 days.