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The Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1930: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on August 21, 1930Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 August 1930362,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 21, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
362,274 km225,106 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 24, 1930 at 03:37 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Thursday, August 21, 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.