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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1956: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on August 30, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 August 1956369,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.4% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,980 km229,895 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 29, 195604:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 4, 195618:57

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1956 to the new moon of September 4, 1956, a cycle of 29.31 days.