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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 1991Waning Gibbous

Thursday 30 May 1991405,707 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
405,707 km252,095 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1991 is on Tuesday, May 28, 1991 at 11:37 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 12, 1991 at 12:06 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 28, 199111:37
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 5, 199115:30

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1991 to the new moon of June 12, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.