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The Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1930: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

First Quarter at

23:57UTC

Moon phase on August 30, 1930First Quarter

Saturday 30 August 1930387,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 30, 1930, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.0% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
387,241 km240,620 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1930 is on Monday, September 8, 1930 at 02:48 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 24, 1930 at 03:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 24, 193003:37
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, August 30, 193023:57
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 8, 193002:48

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Saturday, August 30, 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.