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The Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2030: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on May 30, 2030Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 May 2030406,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 30, 2030, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
406,251 km252,433 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2030 is on Friday, May 17, 2030 at 11:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 1, 2030 at 06:22 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 24, 203004:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 1, 203006:22

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Thursday, May 30, 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.