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The Moon on Saturday, August 2, 1930: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on August 2, 1930Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 August 1930387,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 2, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
387,662 km240,882 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 25, 1930 at 20:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 1, 193012:26
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 9, 193010:58

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Saturday, August 2, 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.