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The Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1978: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 1978Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 May 1978381,547 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 30, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
381,547 km237,082 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 29, 197803:30
New Moon (after)Monday, June 5, 197819:02

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Tuesday, May 30, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.