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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2019: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on May 30, 2019Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 May 2019395,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
395,005 km245,445 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34
New Moon (after)Monday, June 3, 201910:02

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.