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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 30, 1938Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 May 1938359,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
359,289 km223,252 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1938 is on Sunday, June 12, 1938 at 23:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 29, 193814:00
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 5, 193804:32

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1938 to the new moon of June 27, 1938, a cycle of 29.30 days.