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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1930: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 23, 1930Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 August 1930357,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
357,405 km222,081 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1930 is on Saturday, August 9, 1930 at 10:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 24, 1930 at 03:37 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.