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The Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 May 2004371,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 30, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
371,223 km230,667 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 27, 200407:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 3, 200404:20

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Sunday, May 30, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2004 to the new moon of June 17, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.