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The Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1930: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on August 5, 1930Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 August 1930400,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 5, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
400,066 km248,589 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 25, 1930 at 20:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Tuesday, August 5, 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.