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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on May 30, 1983Waning Gibbous

Monday 30 May 1983402,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
402,931 km250,370 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 11, 1983 at 04:38 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 26, 198318:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 3, 198321:08

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 1983 to the new moon of June 11, 1983, a cycle of 29.38 days.