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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1930: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

First Quarter at

04:00UTC

Moon phase on March 8, 1930First Quarter

Saturday 8 March 1930373,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1930, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
373,016 km231,782 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1930 is on Friday, March 14, 1930 at 18:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 28, 1930 at 13:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 28, 193013:33
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 8, 193004:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 14, 193018:58

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 1930 to the new moon of March 30, 1930, a cycle of 29.68 days.