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The Moon on Monday, August 30, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on August 30, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 August 1971388,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 30, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
388,406 km241,344 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 29, 197102:56
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 5, 197104:02

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Monday, August 30, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1971 to the new moon of September 19, 1971, a cycle of 29.66 days.