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The Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on May 30, 1976Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 May 1976394,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 30, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
394,838 km245,341 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 29, 197601:47
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 5, 197612:20

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Sunday, May 30, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1976 to the new moon of June 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.54 days.