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The Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 May 1982383,357 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 30, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
383,357 km238,207 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1982 is on Sunday, June 6, 1982 at 16:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 29, 198220:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 6, 198216:00

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Sunday, May 30, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1982 to the new moon of June 21, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.