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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 1930Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 August 1930375,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
375,034 km233,036 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1930 is on Monday, September 8, 1930 at 02:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 24, 1930 at 03:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 24, 193003:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 30, 193023:57

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1930 to the new moon of September 22, 1930, a cycle of 29.34 days.