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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 2044: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on May 30, 2044Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 May 2044363,681 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,681 km225,981 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2044 is on Friday, June 10, 2044 at 15:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 27, 204403:39
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 2, 204418:33

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2044 to the new moon of June 25, 2044, a cycle of 29.28 days.