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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1930: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

First Quarter at

12:26UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 1930First Quarter

Friday 1 August 1930382,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1930, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
382,282 km237,539 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 25, 1930 at 20:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 25, 193020:42
First Quarter (this day)Friday, August 1, 193012:26
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 9, 193010:58

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1930 to the new moon of August 24, 1930, a cycle of 29.29 days.