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The Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on May 30, 2040Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 May 2040365,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 30, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
365,036 km226,823 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 9, 2040 at 18:03 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 26, 204011:47
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 2, 204002:17

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Wednesday, May 30, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2040 to the new moon of June 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.61 days.