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The Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 30, 1956Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 May 1956403,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 30, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
403,922 km250,985 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 24, 195615:26
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 1, 195619:13

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Wednesday, May 30, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1956 to the new moon of June 8, 1956, a cycle of 29.35 days.