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The Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1930: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 2, 1930Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 October 1930404,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 2, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,941 km251,619 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1930 is on Tuesday, October 7, 1930 at 18:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 22, 1930 at 11:41 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 29, 193014:58
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 7, 193018:56

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Thursday, October 2, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 22, 1930 to the new moon of October 21, 1930, a cycle of 29.42 days.