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The Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on May 30, 1979Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 30 May 1979401,357 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 30, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
401,357 km249,392 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 26, 197900:01
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 2, 197922:38

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Wednesday, May 30, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1979 to the new moon of June 24, 1979, a cycle of 29.50 days.