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The Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1981: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 1981Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 May 1981362,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 30, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
362,270 km225,104 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 26, 198121:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 198111:32

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Saturday, May 30, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.