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The Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on May 30, 2021Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 May 2021373,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 30, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
373,524 km232,097 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 26, 202111:14
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 2, 202107:25

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Sunday, May 30, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2021 to the new moon of June 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.66 days.