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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1945: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Last Quarter at

03:44UTC

Moon phase on August 30, 1945Last Quarter

Thursday 30 August 1945373,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1945, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
373,399 km232,019 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 1945 at 13:44 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 23, 194512:03
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 30, 194503:44
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 6, 194513:44

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1945 to the new moon of September 6, 1945, a cycle of 29.55 days.