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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 30, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 May 1977361,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
361,285 km224,492 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 26, 197703:20
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 1, 197720:31

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.