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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 1930: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on July 23, 1930Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 July 1930365,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
365,379 km227,036 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1930 is on Thursday, July 10, 1930 at 20:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 25, 1930 at 20:42 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 18, 193023:29
New Moon (after)Friday, July 25, 193020:42

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 26, 1930 to the new moon of July 25, 1930, a cycle of 29.29 days.