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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2030: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on May 23, 2030Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 May 2030382,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 2030, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 57.6% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
382,125 km237,441 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2030 is on Friday, May 17, 2030 at 11:19 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 1, 2030 at 06:22 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 17, 203011:19
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 24, 203004:57

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2030 to the new moon of June 1, 2030, a cycle of 29.67 days.