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The Moon on Friday, May 30, 2008: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 30, 2008Waning Crescent

Friday 30 May 2008370,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 30, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
370,817 km230,415 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 3, 200819:23

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Friday, May 30, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.