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The Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2020: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

First Quarter at

03:30UTC

Moon phase on May 30, 2020First Quarter

Saturday 30 May 2020371,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 30, 2020, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.2% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
371,090 km230,585 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 202017:39
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 30, 202003:30
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 5, 202019:12

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Saturday, May 30, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2020 to the new moon of June 21, 2020, a cycle of 29.54 days.