Waning · 36.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°
Moon age
23.6days
Moon phase on May 30, 1997Waning Crescent
On Friday, May 30, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
370,153 km230,002 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 30, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 6 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Thursday, May 29, 1997 | 07:51 |
| New Moon (after) | Thursday, June 5, 1997 | 07:04 |
The Moon around May 30
More about this date
Friday, May 30, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.