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The Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 May 2015397,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 30, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
397,212 km246,816 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 25, 201517:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 201516:19

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Saturday, May 30, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.