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The Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 30, 1964Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 May 1964402,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 30, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
402,540 km250,126 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 10, 1964 at 04:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 26, 196409:29
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 3, 196411:07

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Saturday, May 30, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1964 to the new moon of June 10, 1964, a cycle of 29.31 days.