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The Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1973: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on May 30, 1973Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 May 1973361,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 30, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
361,661 km224,726 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 25, 197308:40
New Moon (after)Friday, June 1, 197304:34

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Wednesday, May 30, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1973 to the new moon of June 1, 1973, a cycle of 29.32 days.