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The Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1943: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on May 30, 1943Waning Crescent

Sunday 30 May 1943385,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 30, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
385,920 km239,799 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 26, 194313:34
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 2, 194322:33

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Sunday, May 30, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.