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The Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on August 30, 1916Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 30 August 1916394,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 30, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
394,094 km244,879 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1916 is on Monday, September 11, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 28, 191617:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 5, 191604:26

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Wednesday, August 30, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1916 to the new moon of September 27, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.