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The Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1975: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on August 30, 1975Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 August 1975387,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 30, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
387,358 km240,693 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1975 is on Thursday, August 21, 1975 at 19:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 5, 1975 at 19:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 29, 197523:20
New Moon (after)Friday, September 5, 197519:19

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Saturday, August 30, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1975 to the new moon of September 5, 1975, a cycle of 29.31 days.