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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on May 30, 2002Waning Gibbous

Thursday 30 May 2002389,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
389,657 km242,122 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 26, 200211:51
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 3, 200200:05

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2002 to the new moon of June 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.54 days.