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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 1930: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 1930Waning Crescent

Friday 23 May 1930393,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
393,865 km244,736 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 1930 at 05:37 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 20, 193016:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 193005:37

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 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.