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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on May 30, 1949Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 May 1949384,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
384,113 km238,677 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 27, 194922:24
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 4, 194903:27

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1949 to the new moon of June 26, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.