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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 30, 1960Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 May 1960403,759 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
403,759 km250,884 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 25, 196012:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 2, 196016:01

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1960 to the new moon of June 24, 1960, a cycle of 29.63 days.