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The Moon on Friday, May 30, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on May 30, 1952Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 May 1952403,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 30, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
403,932 km250,992 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1952 is on Sunday, June 8, 1952 at 05:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 23, 195219:28
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 31, 195221:47

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Friday, May 30, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1952 to the new moon of June 22, 1952, a cycle of 29.55 days.