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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1951: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on August 30, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 August 1951399,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
399,386 km248,167 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 24, 195110:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 1, 195112:50

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1951 to the new moon of September 1, 1951, a cycle of 29.59 days.