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The Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1951: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on May 30, 1951Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 May 1951392,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 30, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
392,499 km243,888 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 27, 195120:17
New Moon (after)Monday, June 4, 195116:41

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Wednesday, May 30, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.