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The Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on August 30, 1942Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 August 1942391,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 30, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
391,157 km243,054 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 10, 1942 at 15:53 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 26, 194203:46
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 2, 194215:42

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Sunday, August 30, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1942 to the new moon of September 10, 1942, a cycle of 29.56 days.