Waning · 39.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°
Moon age
23.7days
Moon phase on May 30, 2016Waning Crescent
On Monday, May 30, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
371,181 km230,641 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 30, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 6 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, May 29, 2016 | 12:12 |
| New Moon (after) | Sunday, June 5, 2016 | 03:00 |
The Moon around May 30
More about this date
Monday, May 30, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.