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The Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 30, 1971Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 May 1971398,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 30, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
398,419 km247,566 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 24, 197112:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 1, 197100:42

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Sunday, May 30, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1971 to the new moon of June 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.39 days.