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The Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on August 30, 1911Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 30 August 1911399,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 30, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
399,483 km248,227 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1911 is on Friday, September 8, 1911 at 15:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 24, 1911 at 04:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 24, 191104:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 31, 191116:21

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Wednesday, August 30, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1911 to the new moon of September 22, 1911, a cycle of 29.43 days.