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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2024: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Last Quarter at

17:13UTC

Moon phase on May 30, 2024Last Quarter

Thursday 30 May 2024370,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 2024, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
370,775 km230,389 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 202413:53
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 30, 202417:13
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 6, 202412:38

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.