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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on May 30, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 May 1955394,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
394,417 km245,079 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 28, 195514:01
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 5, 195514:09

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1955 to the new moon of June 20, 1955, a cycle of 29.30 days.