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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 1930: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on August 20, 1930Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 August 1930366,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.0% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
366,899 km227,981 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 24, 1930 at 03:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 17, 193011:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 24, 193003:37

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 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.