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The Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on May 30, 1945Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 May 1945388,207 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 30, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
388,207 km241,220 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 10, 1945 at 04:26 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 27, 194501:49
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 3, 194513:15

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Wednesday, May 30, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.