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The Moon on Friday, May 30, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on May 30, 2014Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 May 2014398,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 30, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
398,484 km247,607 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2014 is on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 04:12 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 28, 201418:40
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 5, 201420:39

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Friday, May 30, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 28, 2014 to the new moon of June 27, 2014, a cycle of 29.56 days.