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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 30, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 August 1917360,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
360,103 km223,757 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1917 is on Saturday, September 1, 1917 at 12:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 1917 at 18:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 25, 191719:08
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 1, 191712:28

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1917 to the new moon of September 16, 1917, a cycle of 29.67 days.