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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 2011: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on May 30, 2011Waning Crescent

Monday 30 May 2011400,234 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
400,234 km248,694 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 201118:52
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 1, 201121:03

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.