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The Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 1949: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

First Quarter at

19:17UTC

Moon phase on August 30, 1949First Quarter

Tuesday 30 August 1949374,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 30, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
374,215 km232,526 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1949 is on Wednesday, September 7, 1949 at 10:00 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 at 03:59 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 24, 194903:59
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 30, 194919:17
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 7, 194910:00

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Tuesday, August 30, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1949 to the new moon of September 22, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.