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The Moon on Monday, May 30, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on May 30, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 May 2072380,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 30, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
380,491 km236,426 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 30, 2072 is on Tuesday, May 31, 2072 at 22:18 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 207221:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 31, 207222:18

The Moon around May 30

More about this date

Monday, May 30, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2072 to the new moon of June 16, 2072, a cycle of 29.40 days.