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The Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on May 30, 1998Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 May 1998387,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 30, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
387,766 km240,947 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 25, 199819:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 2, 199801:45

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Saturday, May 30, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1998 to the new moon of June 24, 1998, a cycle of 29.35 days.