Waning · 99.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°
Moon age
15.0days
Moon phase on May 30, 2018Waning Gibbous
On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
401,126 km249,248 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 30, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | 14:20 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, June 6, 2018 | 18:32 |
The Moon around May 30
More about this date
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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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.