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The Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on May 30, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 May 2001371,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 30, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.7% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
371,482 km230,828 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2001 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 01:39 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 29, 200122:09
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 6, 200101:39

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Wednesday, May 30, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2001 to the new moon of June 21, 2001, a cycle of 29.38 days.