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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on August 30, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 August 1928380,217 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
380,217 km236,256 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1928 is on Friday, August 31, 1928 at 02:34 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 14, 1928 at 01:20 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 23, 192808:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 31, 192802:34

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1928 to the new moon of September 14, 1928, a cycle of 29.48 days.