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The Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 30 May 1939381,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 30, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
381,220 km236,879 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 1939 at 04:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 25, 193923:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 2, 193903:11

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Tuesday, May 30, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1939 to the new moon of June 17, 1939, a cycle of 29.38 days.