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The Moon on Friday, May 30, 1986: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Last Quarter at

12:55UTC

Moon phase on May 30, 1986Last Quarter

Friday 30 May 1986384,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 30, 1986, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
384,438 km238,879 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 23, 198620:45
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, May 30, 198612:55
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 7, 198614:01

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Friday, May 30, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.