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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on August 30, 1973Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 August 1973381,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
381,089 km236,798 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1973 is on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 at 15:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 28, 197303:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 4, 197315:22

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1973 to the new moon of September 26, 1973, a cycle of 29.44 days.