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The Moon on Friday, August 8, 1930: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 8, 1930Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 August 1930405,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 8, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
405,831 km252,172 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 25, 1930 at 20:42 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Friday, August 8, 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.