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The Moon on Friday, May 30, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on May 30, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 May 1947389,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 30, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
389,376 km241,947 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 27, 194704:36
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 3, 194719:27

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Friday, May 30, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1947 to the new moon of June 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.32 days.