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The Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on August 30, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 August 1947401,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 30, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
401,997 km249,789 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1947 is on Sunday, August 31, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 16, 1947 at 11:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 23, 194712:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 31, 194716:34

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Saturday, August 30, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 1947 to the new moon of September 14, 1947, a cycle of 29.34 days.