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The Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on May 30, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 May 1936404,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 30, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
404,849 km251,561 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1936 is on Friday, June 5, 1936 at 05:22 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 20, 1936 at 20:34 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 28, 193602:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 5, 193605:22

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Saturday, May 30, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1936 to the new moon of June 19, 1936, a cycle of 29.36 days.