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The Moon on Friday, May 30, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on May 30, 2025Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 May 2025374,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 30, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
374,632 km232,785 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2025 is on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 07:44 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 03:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 27, 202503:02
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 3, 202503:41

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Friday, May 30, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2025 to the new moon of June 25, 2025, a cycle of 29.31 days.