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The Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on August 30, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 August 1944369,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 30, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
369,443 km229,561 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1944 is on Saturday, September 2, 1944 at 20:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 26, 194423:39
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 2, 194420:21

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Wednesday, August 30, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 1944 to the new moon of September 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.68 days.