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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on May 30, 1968Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 May 1968401,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
401,158 km249,268 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 27, 196807:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 4, 196804:47

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1968 to the new moon of June 25, 1968, a cycle of 29.62 days.