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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1900: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 30, 1900Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 August 1900403,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
403,166 km250,515 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1900 is on Sunday, September 9, 1900 at 05:06 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 25, 190003:53
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 2, 190007:56

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1900 to the new moon of September 23, 1900, a cycle of 29.67 days.