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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on August 16, 1930Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 August 1930389,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
389,477 km242,010 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 24, 1930 at 03:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 9, 193010:58
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 17, 193011:31

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.