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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on May 30, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 May 1985363,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
363,967 km226,159 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 27, 198512:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 3, 198503:51

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1985 to the new moon of June 18, 1985, a cycle of 29.59 days.