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The Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on August 30, 1939Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 August 1939405,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 30, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
405,712 km252,098 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1939 is on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 at 22:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 13, 1939 at 11:22 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 29, 193922:09
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 6, 193920:25

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Wednesday, August 30, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1939 to the new moon of September 13, 1939, a cycle of 29.31 days.