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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 30, 1957Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 May 1957374,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
374,331 km232,598 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1957 is on Wednesday, June 12, 1957 at 10:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 29, 195711:39
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 5, 195707:10

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1957 to the new moon of June 27, 1957, a cycle of 29.39 days.