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The Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on August 30, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 August 1952369,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 30, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
369,470 km229,578 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1952 is on Thursday, September 4, 1952 at 03:19 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 20, 1952 at 15:20 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 28, 195212:03
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 4, 195203:19

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Saturday, August 30, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1952 to the new moon of September 19, 1952, a cycle of 29.67 days.