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The Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on May 30, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 30 May 1950358,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 30, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
358,226 km222,591 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 195012:43

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Tuesday, May 30, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.