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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1930: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Last Quarter at

11:31UTC

Moon phase on August 17, 1930Last Quarter

Sunday 17 August 1930384,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 1930, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
384,063 km238,646 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 24, 1930 at 03:37 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 9, 193010:58
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 17, 193011:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 24, 193003:37

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 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.