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The Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on May 30, 1987Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 May 1987404,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 30, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
404,888 km251,585 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1987 is on Thursday, June 11, 1987 at 20:49 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 27, 198715:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 4, 198718:53

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Saturday, May 30, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1987 to the new moon of June 26, 1987, a cycle of 29.60 days.